Newport News scallop boat embarking on 800 mile voyage to Bahamas to deliver disaster relief

It’s literally all hands on deck aboard the Ocean Fox in Newport News.,,, “So we are gonna leave the bay, get down off the Cape Fear and go south to the Bahamas,” said Captain Buck Ford.,,, “We got a lot done, but we still have more to do, it’s pretty bad down there so it’s time to help,” said Ford from the wheelhouse.,,, Next week a second scallop boat called the Ocean Scout, also out of Newport News, will make a second trip. >click to read< 15:44

One Response to Newport News scallop boat embarking on 800 mile voyage to Bahamas to deliver disaster relief

  1. pwparsons says:

    This is the traditional, “Share and Share alike” values that still makes our Fishing, and most Mariners, GREAT! Gloucester provided aid, with fishing vessels/crews to Storm devastated, South American(?)coastal countries, “back in the day”. Fishing fleets ought to be put to use, as such. Maybe clean up the polluted Oceans, too?!

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