State Police Dive Team Recovers 2nd Crewmember from Sunken Vessel in Nantucket Sound
State Police Dive Team Recovers 2nd Crewmember from Sunken Vessel in Nantucket Sound
Today at approximately 5:00 a.m., 3 members of the Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit, 6 members of the Massachusetts State Police Dive Team, and 1 commercial diver departed from the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Woods Hole. Recovery efforts began at approximately 7:00 a.m., using surface air divers and S.C.U.B.A. divers off a 65' commercial work vessel (The Andy Lynn). At approximately 7:45 a.m. one crewmember was located in one of the bunkrooms of the sunken vessel that was located in approximately 50 feet of water and approximately 12 miles off shore in the Nantucket Sound. That crewmember was recovered from the vessel, returned to the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Woods Hole on a Massachusetts State Police patrol vessel and will be transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Boston. The identity of the located crewmember has not been determined at this time.
This recovery effort was able to search 95% of the sunken vessel. The only area that divers did not search was the vessel's engine room, due to a hazardous debris field that presented an unmanageable level of danger to the divers. Although two crewmembers are still unaccounted for, no future recovery operations are expected because of the unmanageable risk to divers.
No further information is available at this time. Please do not call the barracks or Dive Team directly.
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