FV LADY OF GRACE Case Summary

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F/V LADY OF GRACECase Summary

• LCDR Wayne Clayborne
• U.S. Coast Guard

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Post SAR Emphasis

• Recovery of Missing Crew
• Mitigate Environmental Threat
• Mitigate Waterway Impact
• Marine Casualty Investigation

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Recovery of Missing Crew

• Family and Political Involvement
• Four Dives
• Weather Dependent
• Two Crew Found in Four Dives
• Vessel searched immediately on scene
• Vessel searched again in RI pier side
• Vessel searched again in NY pier side
• Two crew members remain missing
• Divers
• MA SEMLAC
• MA State Police
• Coast Guard Marine Investigator

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Mitigate Environmental Threat

• Product on the vessel
• 7,000 gallons of fuel oil
• crank case oil
• hydraulic fluid
• Vessel Environmental Insurance Rep
• Original offer
• Concerns about continuous sheening
• State of MA

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Waterway Impact

• Navigable Channel
• COTP and D1 Identifies Vessel as Hazard to
  Navigation
• 21 Clearance
• Cruise Ship Industry
• ACOE Agrees with determination
• Vessel Hull Insurance Rep
• Original offer
• Concerns about liability
• State of MA

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Marine Casualty Investigation

• Loss of Four Crewmembers
• Total Loss of the Vessel
• No Witnesses
• Very Involved Family
• Very Involved Owner
• Coast Guard Concerns

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Areas of Emphasis

• Sector Missions
• Customers
• Partners
• Key Success Factors
• Limitations and Constraints

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Sector Missions

• Search and Rescue
• Marine Environmental Response
• Waterways Management
• Marine Investigation
• Public Affairs

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Customers

• Family of four crew members
• Owner
• Hull Insurance Rep
• Environmental Insurance Rep
• Waterway users
• Coast Guard

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Partners

• ACOE
• MA State Police
• MA Law Enforcement Council Dive Team (SEMLEC)
• MA State DEP
• Coast Guard District One

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Limitations and Constraints

• Weather
• Complexity of the Operation
• Salvage Equipment
• Customers
• Marine Investigation
• Resources
• Time

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Key Success Factors

• Family Support
• Owner Support
• D1 Support
• Plugging Vents Early
• Contingency Plans (IAP, MER, Salvage, etc)
• Right technicians
• Right Equipment
• Patience

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Most Probable Cause of Casualty

• Dramatic decrease in stability due to significant
  ice accumulation
• Weather Conditions
• Vessel Modifications
• Situational Awareness

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Questions
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BOATRACS
BOATRACS is a commercial vessel position
monitoring system (VMS) designed to automatically
report fishing vessel position and activity to
the National Marine Fisheries Service. VMS is
installed on certain commercial fishing vessels
by the National Marine Fisheries Service to
manage the depletion of fish stocks by governing
catch sizes, limiting allowable days at sea, and
regulating certain fishing territories
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TIMELINE

• January 23, 2007 The LADY OF GRACE departed New
  Bedford, MA
• January 25, 2007 The LADY OF GRACE reached the
  fishing grounds
• 1753, January 26, 2007 The LADY OF GRACE
  reported she was returning due to weather
  conditions and excessive ice build-up
• 2326, January 26, 2007 BOATRACS (VMRS) did not
  receive the automated thirty minute position
  communication ping from the LADY OF GRACE
• 0506, January 27, 2007 CFV in the area
  contacted the Coast Guard and reported the LADY
  OF GRACE was not responding to radio calls
• 0949, January 27, 2007 A Coast Guard helicopter
  discovers an oil sheen in vicinity of LADY OF
  GRACES LKP.

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Timeline (Continued)

• 1349, January 27, 2007 Coast Guard Station
  Brant Point rescue boat discovers debris in
  vicinity of the LADY OF GRACES LKP
• 1400, January 28, 2007 Massachusetts Law
  Enforcement Council dive team (SEMLEC) dove and
  discovered the LADY OF GRACE submerged in
  approximately 56 feet of water, 12 miles from
  Woods Hole in Nantucket Sound
• January 29, 2007 MA State Police dive on LADY
  OF GRACE and find one deceased crewmember
• January 29, 2007 SSENE meets with vessel owner
  insurance reps to discuss vessel
• January 30, 2007 Insurance Representative hires
  commercial divers to plug fuel oil service tank
  vents
• January 30, 2007 COTP Sector Southeastern New
  England issued a letter to the vessel owner
  regarding the hazard to navigation and
  environmental risk the vessel presented
• February 21, 2007 MA State Police dive on the
  LADY OF GRACE again and find one additional
  deceased crewmember, two remain missing

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Timeline (Continued)

• February 28, 2007 Coast Guard First District
  determines the LADY OF GRACE is a hazard to
  navigation and issues letter to ACOE requesting
  assistance in removal
• April 24, 2007 Environmental response equipment
  is staged in Hyannis in case needed, with ready
  vessel and crew.
• April 25, 2007 LADY OF GRACE is raised by
  DonJon Marine and placed on deck barge for
  transport to Quonset RI for further securing
  before transit to New York.
• April 26, 2007 LADY OF GRACE is searched while
  moored in RI and no crewmembers are found
• May 01, 2007 During scrapping operations
  approximately 7,000 gallons of pure diesel fuel
  was removed from the vessel
• May 14, 2007 LADY OF GRACE scrapping complete
• January 25, 2008 LADY OF GRACE investigation
  complete and four briefs orchestrated family,
  owner, local government and media