BOSTON - A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Mass., tows the 61-foot fishing vessel Angela Michelle to port, April 19, 2015. The four-person crew aboard Angela Michelle was stranded 115 miles from Gloucester when their anchor line was fouled in the ship’s rudder and propeller. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Robinson)
BOSTON - A fishing crew is back on land today after a fouled anchor line stranded them about 115 miles east of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Saturday.
Initially, the four-person crew aboard the 61-foot fishing vessel Angela Michelle contacted the Sector Boston Command Center when their line became wrapped in the ship's rudder and propeller. Rescue crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Legare, a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter from Portsmouth, Virginia, arrived on scene and took the vessel in tow toward Gloucester, Massachusetts.
They were met Sunday at about 9 a.m by a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Station Gloucester who relieved tow and took the Angela Michelle into port.
They arrived safely at the pier in Gloucester at about 1 p.m.
"We train routinely and it was a very smooth transfer from Legare to our boat - everything went according to plan," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Robinson, engineer aboard the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat. He said once back at the pier, the Angela Michelle crew was making arrangements for a commercial diver to free the line so they can continue fishing.
Editor's note: Previously released imagery is available HERE