Search ongoing for second crewmember of fishing boat that sank off Provincetown
The US Coast Guard on Friday suspended its search for a second crewmember of the Yankee Rose, a fishing boat that sank in waters off Provincetown on Thursday, officials said.
Crews searched for 21 hours using aircraft and boats, despite freezing temperatures and a gale warning before suspending operations at 1:27 p.m., Coast Guard officials said.
Commander Thomas Wieland said “all available resources were leveraged in the effort to locate the missing mariner,” in a statement Friday night.
“The decision to suspend a search is never taken lightly, and we offer our most sincere condolences to the families of the lost fisherman,” Wieland said.
Also Friday evening, the New Bedford Port Authority confirmed that the Yankee Rose has ties to the South Coast fishing community.
“The Yankee Rose has primarily been operating from Provincetown for the past several years, but the boat owner and crew are from the New Bedford area,” New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, the authority’s chair, said in a statement.
“Our thoughts are with the crew of the Yankee Rose and their families. We … stand ready to support them in the wake of this tragedy.”
On Thursday, one body was recovered after the vessel overturned about three nautical miles northeast of Race Point at the tip of Cape Cod, officials said.
Neither person on board was identified.
Read more on smry.aiShortly before noon, two people alerted the Coast Guard that the vessel was in distress, officials said.
A helicopter, airplane, rescue vessels, and a tow boat headed to the site, officials said.
A person who was spotted just before 12:27 p.m. was removed from the water but did not survive.
At 3:48 p.m., rescuers confirmed that the fishing boat had sunk, leaving a field of debris, the Coast Guard said.
The sinking comes just weeks after a Gloucester fishing vessel, the Lily Jean, sank off the coast of Cape Ann. Seven people were lost at sea.
In a statement on Thursday evening, Governor Maura Healey lamented another maritime tragedy in Massachusetts.
“I’m heartbroken by the news that the fishing vessel Yankee Rose was found capsized, and my prayers are with the loved ones of the crew, first responders, and our entire fishing community during this incredibly difficult time,” she said.
The weather conditions in the area where the vessel went down were not known, but the general area experienced winds from the northeast with gusts up to 25 knots, according to the National Weather Service in Norton.
The fatal capsizing came just one week after two crew members on the Yankee Rose were rescued for carbon monoxide poisoning while docked in Provincetown.
The Coast Guard Thursday confirmed the carbon monoxide incident, but did not address the matter further.
Provincetown’s town manager, Alex Morse, said the loss hit hard in a community with a “long and proud maritime history.”
“Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those on board,” Morse wrote on Facebook.
A spokesperson for Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois said Friday that “State Police detectives assigned to the office were notified of this incident and they are involved,” but that further information wasn’t immediately available.
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