JERSEY SHORE – Three mariners were safely rescued early Saturday after their 74-foot pleasure vessel began taking on water several miles off the Monmouth County coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
According to the United States Coast Guard, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center were alerted shortly after 4 a.m. on January 17 by Monmouth County Dispatch to a vessel in distress about four nautical miles northeast of Shark River Inlet.
A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City were launched to respond.
Upon arrival, the lifeboat crew found the vessel partially submerged and recovered all three people aboard. The mariners were transported to Manasquan Inlet, where they were turned over to awaiting emergency medical personnel.
No injuries were reported.
Coast Guard pollution response teams are coordinating with partner agencies to develop a salvage plan for the disabled vessel. The cause of the incident remains under investigation.
