UPDATE: Coast Guard Helps Boat Taking on Water off Cape May Coast

UPDATE: The Coast Guard continues to assist the crew of a fishing boat taking on water 80 miles east of Cape May, the Coast Guard said Friday afternoon.

A Good Samaritan contacted watchstanders from the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center around 5:35 a.m. Wednesday morning to say that the 77-foot fishing vessel Golden Nugget, homeported in Cape May, was taking on water.

The Coast Guard launched multiple assets in an effort to aid the vessel in distress, including:

• MH-65 dolphin helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey
• A C-130 Hercules crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina
• The crew of the Cape May-based Coast Guard Cutter Mako

Coast Guard helicopter crews transferred a dewatering pump to crew members aboard the fishing vessel, and flooding has been contained.

The crew of the Mako was en route to the fishing vessel Wednesday afternoon to assist while Coast Guard aircrews remain on scene to monitor the situation.

No injuries or pollution have been reported.

The attached images were provided by the Coast Guard