Crime & Safety
Video: Tall Ship Towed To Fort Adams
The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry left Perrotti Park around 4 p.m. with the help of two tugs and arrived safely at Fort Adams.
NEWPORT, RI—The disabled SSV Oliver Hazard Perry left Perrotti Park around 4 p.m. Monday with assistance from two tugs. A small crowd gathered to watch, and people turned out along the route by King Park and Harrison Avenue, as the tall ship traveled to Fort Adams. A television station brought a drone to take aerial pictures.
Leaving Perrotti Park
Back at Fort Adams
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The Oliver Hazard Perry at Perrotti Park
The ship was in a collision Sunday night with other vessels in Newport Harbor. The Coast Guard says 12 crew members were on board, and the accident happened as the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry was leaving the seafood festival. The vessel lost power. It was moored overnight in Perrotti Park until a salvage company arrived to tow it. No one was hurt, and the ship was not badly damaged. Some of the other boats had some damage, the harbormaster said.
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Photos and Video By Margo Sullivan, Patch Staff
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