RedactedNarrative: 06/13/2020 
  On this date I was detailed to the area of Miah Maull Light House located on the NJ side of the channel in the Delaware Bay, Downe Township. 
  
  Upon arrival, I observed the above listed vessel to be partially submerged with the bow of the vessel out of the water and the stern and motor under water. A U.S. Coast Guard vessel was on scene and maintaining contact with the vessel to make sure it did not drift into the channel and shipping traffic. The occupants of the vessel had already been pulled from the waler by a passing boat and were being transported to shore. 
  
  I later made contact with the operator and owner of the vessel. He stated, in effect, a wave came over the back and swamped the deck, and then another, and the bilge pump couldn't keep up. 
  
  
  Investigation revealed the vessel was adrift when a wave came over the transom of the vessel and flooded the deck. The operator attempted to start the boat and use forward motion to clear the water, but he had been having motor trouble and same would not start. The floor of the vessel is designed to be self-bailing, but multiple waves inundated hatches at the stern that were not water tight. 
  
  This caused the bilge pump to be overwhelmed, and the stem of the vessel to sink below the surface. Al this time, subject and his father put life jackets on. They entered the water when they became worried that the vessel might flip over on them, and were picked up by a passerby a short time later. 
  
  No injuries were reported. The vessel was later pumped out and the owner was able to recover the vessel.
  