ON AUGUST 30 AT APROXIMATELY 5PM WE RECEIVED A CALL OF A VESSEL SINKING 5 MILES WEST OF CUDJOE KEY ON THE OCEANSIDE.  I RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND FOUND VESSEL #1 A WHITE HULL WITH BLUE TRIM SUNK WITH THE PORT BOW ABOVE THE WATER, THE CAP AND STRUCTURE HAD ALREADY BROKEN UP AND THERE WAS A DEBRIS FIELD APPROXIMATELY A MILE LONG. 

THE VESSEL WAS BEING TOWED BY THE VESSEL #2 WHO SAID THAT VESSEL # 1 HAD A THRU HULL FITTING BREAK AND A DISCHARGE LINE SPLIT CAUSING THE WATER TO OVER TAKE THE VESSSEL.  THE BILGE PUMP WAS ALSO REPORTED TO NOT WORK WHEN ACTIVATED.  NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.

VESSEL #1 WAS UNOCCUPIED/UNMANNED AND UNDER TOW.
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