Alleged DUI hit-and-run boater arrested after crash into USS Midway

USS Midway Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego A boater who allegedly fled after the -foot vessel he was piloting crashed into the side of the moored USS Midway on the San Diego Bay waterfront has been jailed on suspicion of hit-and-run and boating while under the influence of alcohol bureaucrats disclosed Monday Frank D Anna was at the helm of the private vessel when it struck the port-side hull of the decommissioned aircraft carrier in the Embarcadero area just before noon on Friday according to the San Diego Harbor Police Department The boat named the Offshore Lifestyle was gone by the time leadership arrived but harbor police later identified it near the Coronado Ferry Landing contacted all seven people aboard it and took D Anna into custody No one on the boat or on the Midway which now serves as a floating military museum was injured in the crash according to the harbor police NBC San Diego disclosed that initial damage to the museum is estimated at The museum remains open to the citizens during regular hours Updated at p m June City News Institution contributed to this article