OPERATOR/OWNER OF VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELLING TOWARDS WATCH HILL FROM BLOCK ISLAND.  OPERATOR/OWNER REPORTED THAT HE SPOTTED BOUY #1 TRAVELLING TOWARDS THE LIGHTHOUSE AT WATCH HILL BUT ENDED ON THE WRONG SIDE.  THE VESSEL HIT A SUBMERGED ROCK HARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HULL.   THE VESSEL WAS TOWED BUT CUOLD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW OF WATER INTO THE HULL.  THE VESSEL SUBSEQUENTLY SANK.
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