'We will right the ship' - USS Sullivans taking on water
"We're not going to let the ship sink on my watch" - Paul Marzello, Naval Park President
By WBEN.com Newsroom
4 hours ago
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) A stunning sight at Buffalo's Naval Park at Canalside Thursday morning. The USS The Sullivans is taking on water.
"If you look at the stern of the ship, where it normally reads, The Sullivans, it now reads The Sull," said WBEN's Tim Wenger at the Naval Park. "The rest of the name has disappeared under the water."
The World War II era destroyer is listing to its starboard, or right, side. The stern is further into the water than the bow (or front of the ship). The gangway that leads onto the ship from the pier is laying in the water.
"There was a breach in the hull late Wednesday night," said Paul Marzello, President and CEO of the Naval Park. "We don't know the cause of it at this point." The location of the breach is aft of mid-ship, or beyond the mid section of the ship toward the rear.
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