SAINT LOUIS -
Passengers were evacuated off the Clipper Odyssey Aug. 1 after the
vessel struck a submerged rock off the coast of Alaska.
The line canceled
the Odyssey's subsequent cruise on Aug. 4. No injuries were
reported in the collision, and Clipper Cruises said the damage to
the Odyssey was "minimal."
David Drier,
Clipper's CEO, said Clipper expects to repair the vessel in Alaska
in time for its Aug.16 sailing.
Clipper said the
rock, which was submerged off the coast of Unalaska Island, near
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was uncharted. The ship was moving at five to
six knots and was carrying 126 passengers, 70 crew and two
certified Alaskan ship pilots.
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