Cruising for a Bruising

Another Seattle-based cruise ship has been involved in an incident up in the touristy waters of Alaska. Running aground is so last month, though--today the cool kids are colliding with fishing ships. The wee Spirit of Yorktown, a 257' cruise ship belonging to Cruise West of Seattle collided with the fishing vessel Adirondack on Monday. The Adirondack suffered extensive damage, including a crushed top house, but luckily not including a pierced hull. There weren't any injuries.

From the USCG:

The collision did not damage the cruise vessel but did damage the fishing vessel leaving them unable to maneuver. The Good Samaritan vessel Guardian took the Adirondack in tow to Sitka. The Coast Guard has maintained a two hour communications schedule with the vessel and no further assistance has been required. The vessel is due into Sitka this afternoon.

Upon arrival in Sitka the Coast Guard will inspect the Adirondack and take crew accounts of the incident. The Spirit of Yorktown is due into Petersburg Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. The vessel will undergo the same inspection and the crew's accounts will be taken by Coast Guard personnel.

None of the reports of the incident indicate whether fuel spills or other environmental hazards were created by the Chatham Straight accident.

The last time the Yorktown was in the news it was for running aground in Washington.