ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Fears that a crippled cargo ship would run aground in Alaskan waters are easing as it nears Dutch Harbor, safely under tow.
Coast Guard Petty Officer David Mosley in Anchorage says the Golden Seas was about 80 miles from the Aleutian Island port early Monday.
Because of the route it’s taking, it won’t arrive until about noon Tuesday.
Instead of the 29-foot waves and 45 mph winds that battered the ship days ago, it’s now facing 10-foot seas and 25 mph winds.
The 738-foot ship with a crew of 20 and a cargo of canola seed lost some power Friday in the Bering Sea and started drifting. The ship has nearly a half-million gallons of fuel oil aboard.
