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GROSSE ILE, Mich. — Efforts to free a nearly 600-foot coal-carrying freighter stuck in the Detroit River were suspended Saturday because not enough crew members were available on Christmas to operate tugboats needed to dislodge it, said U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Justin Westmiller.
Westmiller said efforts to free the 579-foot McKee Sons were to resume today.
Five tugboats momentarily dislodged the ship about 9 p.m. Friday from where the barge sat in mud in the Trenton Channel, about 18 miles south of Detroit. But as crews were “twisting to get it maneuvered around, it got stuck again,” Westmiller said.
