{"id":5478,"date":"2018-07-24T15:17:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T19:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2018-07-24T15:20:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T19:20:49","slug":"stuck-tug-boat-freed-towed-away-off-lavallette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2018\/07\/stuck-tug-boat-freed-towed-away-off-lavallette\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck Tug Boat Freed, Towed Away Off Lavallette"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-uFEd4KNT-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/uFEd4KNT?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A tug boat that ran aground overnight off Philadelphia Avenue in Lavallette has been towed away.<\/p>\n<p>The Sea Cyprus ran aground after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and remained stuck for nearly 12 hours. A second tug, the Smith Hunter, helped free the vessel just before 3 p.m. Tuesday and began towing it farther out to sea. A third tug was traveling north, away from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The 71-foot tug apparently broke away from a mooring, which caused it to drift toward shore where it became stuck on a shoal, officials said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5484\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"A tug boat stuck near the shore in Lavallette, July 24, 2018. (Credit: Lavallette Beach Patrol)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5484\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5484\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A tug boat stuck near the shore in Lavallette, July 24, 2018. (Credit: Lavallette Beach Patrol)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug-681x383.jpg 681w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lava_tug.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tug boat stuck near the shore in Lavallette, July 24, 2018. (Credit: Lavallette Beach Patrol)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5485\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"A tug boat stuck near the shore in Lavallette, July 24, 2018. (Credit: Lavallette Beach Patrol)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5485\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5485\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A tug boat stuck near the shore in Lavallette, July 24, 2018. (Credit: Lavallette Beach Patrol)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2-681x383.jpg 681w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lavatug_2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tug boat stuck near the shore in Lavallette, July 24, 2018. (Credit: Lavallette Beach Patrol)<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2018\/07\/stuck-tug-boat-freed-towed-away-off-lavallette\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tug boat that ran aground overnight off Philadelphia Avenue in Lavallette has been towed away. The Sea Cyprus ran aground after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and remained stuck for nearly 12 hours. A second tug, the Smith Hunter, helped free the vessel just before 3 p.m. Tuesday and began towing it farther out to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[37,1405,29,1404],"class_list":["post-5478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-lavallette","tag-beach-replenishment","tag-boat-aground","tag-lavallette-nj-news","tag-tug-boat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TUG_LEAVING.JPG.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-1qm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}