Coast Guard Rescues Disabled Boat Near Catalina

By Kristopher Hanson on October 28, 2009 12:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Coast Guard authorities rescued a disabled 57-foot fishing trawler after receiving distress signals from the boat about six miles south of Catalina Island.

The Verna Josephine, based out of San Pedro, sent out a distress signal late Tuesday, prompting Coast Guard Cutter Edito, which had been patrolling nearby, to respond. Nobody It's unclear what went wrong with the ship's engines, and after Edito towed the vessel into port early today, Coast Guardsmen will conduct a thorough search and evaluation of the boat to determine what went wrong.

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