Coast Guard responds to 4 fishing vessels grounded off Alaska

4 fishing boats go aground off Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard says it has responded to four fishing vessels that went aground in Alaska waters.

No injuries have been reported in any of the Monday morning groundings. A sheen, however, is spreading in Prince William Sound from the Seattle-based Cape Cross, which is carrying 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

Petty Officer David Mosley says a Coast Guard crew is expected to arrive later at the site in Main Bay, about 70 miles southwest of Valdez.

Mosley says the plan is to wait until low tide Monday evening, then pump out water from the 100-foot vessel, which is wedged on rocks and listing 30 degrees.

In the other groundings, one boat sank, one is pumping water as the crew heads to port and one is undamaged and back to fishing.