Block Island Wind F/V Mistress Wreck Investigation Stalls

The 52-foot vessel F/V Mistress sank during a winter storm on New Year's Day in 2019 near Block Island, Rhode Island. The US Coast Guard closed its initial investigation without finding the hull, officially declaring the wreck "lost".
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The Coast Guard dispatched an all-weather MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Cape Cod. Despite the aircraft's advanced capabilities, the aerial rescue mission was aborted after just 37 minutes.
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Wind turbines' 500-foot spinning blades in a half-mile space create significant radar clutter, reflecting and distorting the radar signals of a helicopter crew. This severely compromises a pilot's situational awareness, navigation tools, and ability to track small targets (like a fishing boat). 
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The wreck may have been recently found 50 feet from Block Island wind turbine #1. 
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A privately funded dive team organized by Green Oceans conducted a "targeted" dive and located the wreck along with apparent human remains.  Rumors from the local marine community say they knew the wreck may have been sighted over the last seven years but never reported it.
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During the original installation planning for the Block Island wind farm, an argument ensued over 1/2-mile safety spacing for ocean wind turbines versus 2 nautical miles. State and federal agencies approved the 1/2 mile spacing. Wind farm operators or federal agencies may have known about or overlooked the wreck to avoid negative publicity.
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The argument over the 1/2 mile spacing and 2 nautical mile safety spacing comes down to the cost of submarine cables between turbines  at $1000.00 per foot. 
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Since 2019, subsea maintenance has been conducted by jack-up barges parked on top of the wreck. 
Federal and state authorities are being actively pressed to reopen the marine-casualty investigation and identify remains. 
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Comment by Frank Haggerty 7 hours ago

The Coast Guard in 2019 conducted a massive search spanning over 2,150 nautical miles. Because they could not find the hull due to harsh weather conditions and proximity to local wind infrastructure, the vessel was declared "lost," and the case was closed. A dive team recently found the trawler 50 feet from turbine # 1 ????   There have been highlighted discrepancies between media reports and official records from when the ship originally sank on New Year's Day in 2019. The U.S. Department of the Interior has been requested to launch an interagency investigation. This could be a major embarrassment to the approval of 1/2 mile spacing in favor of wind companies to achieve a political agenda and bypass safety 

 

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