Tug sinks 3 days after surviving a close call

摘要

Three men were rescued from the Pacific Ocean after their 45-foot tugboat sank off the coast of Oregon. Just three days earlier, the Coast Guard had provided an escort to the vessel, which was taking on water. Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay, Ore., received a call from the crew of the Joe Foss at 0615 on Jan. 23 reporting that the vessel was sinking eight miles north of Tillamook Bay. At 0650, the crew donned survival suits and entered the water as the vessel was going down. They were picked up by the crew of the fishing vessel Kilchis and and later transferred to a 47-foot motor lifeboat (MLB) from Coast Guard Station Tillamook River. An HH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., also responded.