The Coast Guard is assisting a commercial fishing boat from Maine that was disabled after a collision with another vessel about 50 miles Southeast of Cape May.
A Coast Guard spokesman says no one among the eight-member crew of the 71-foot fishing boat Dictator, homeported in Southwest Harbor, was injured when the boat collided with the 965-foot merchant vessel Florida.
The Dictator's rudder was damaged in the collision shortly before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, leaving it unable to proceed under its own power.
The Coast Guard says a cutter, dispatched from Cape May, was planning to tow the Dictator and its crew to the nearest port.
The Florida was proceeding to Savannah, GA.
The accident is under investigation.
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