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From: Jim Kennard
Category: Shipwreck Research
Date: 01 Dec 2004
Time: 17:22:26
Remote Name: 165.170.128.66
The US Coast Guard boat, which sank in a storm December 1, 1977, has been located by local divers, Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville.
While on route from Oswego to Niagara, the 56-foot Coast Guard cable boat experienced 6-foot waves and winds of 50 mph as it approached Nine Mile Point on Lake Ontario. The boat, a converted landing craft (LCM) with an open deck, was taking water over the gunwale faster than the 3-man crew could pump it out. The Charlotte Coast Guard Station dispatched its motor lifeboat to the scene and removed the crew and took the boat in tow, but a wave parted the line and the cable boat sank offshore from the community of Ontario-On-The-Lake.
Read details & view pictures of the USCG boat at: www.shipwreckworld.com