Coast Guard warning of pier segment in Potomac near Mallows Bay

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard is notifying mariners that a section of a pier, which is approximately 150 feet long, that was found floating in the Potomac River just south of Mallows Bay, Maryland, Thursday, poses a navigation hazard.

At 1:54 p.m., a Coast Guard Station Washington, D.C., boat crew notified watchstanders at the Sector Maryland-National Capital Region Command Center that they spotted the pier segment while conducting training.

The pier was too large for the station’s 29-foot Response Boat—Small crew to safely move.

A Broadcast Notice to Mariners is being transmitted via VHF-FM channel 16 every hour and will be updated with new information as it becomes available or until the object is removed.

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MD, UNITED STATES
03.08.2018
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Hodges
U.S. Coast Guard District 5 PADET Baltimore
A segment of a pier floats in the Potomac River, Maryland, March 08, 2018. The Pier was spotted by boatcrew members from U.S. Coast Guard Station Washington D.C.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Thompson)