NEAH BAY — The rescue tug Gladiator stood by a ship in distress early Wednesday in its sixth rescue of the winter season.
The tug is scheduled to leave Neah Bay in nine days.
The Coast Guard dispatched the Gladiator at 3:30 a.m. to a point just north of its home station, where the Star Indiana, a 651-foot bulk carrier, had lost propulsion because of a fuel pump failure.
Although the ship eventually regained power, the Coast Guard ordered it to be escorted while it was in U.S. waters.
The Gladiator transferred the escort to the tug Hunter, which took the Star Indiana to Constance Bay, British Columbia, where it arrived at 9:25 a.m. for assessment and repairs.
