Three more of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ferries were taken out of service in the past 24 hours when alarms sounded because water was leaking into their bilges, the US Coast Guard said Monday.
The latest blow to the NYC Ferry service came just hours after The Post revealed Sunday that three other boats in its fleet were already in dry dock for springing leaks and at least two others were repaired for the same problem.
Alarms went off on the Waves of Wonder and Sunset Crossing ferries late Sunday and early Monday, according to USCG Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy.
It was unclear if any passengers were on board at the time, Conroy said.
Ferry operator Hornblower told the Coast Guard it immediately took both boats out of service, along with a third vessel identified only by hull number H106, which Conroy said was sidelined “as a precaution.”
The three catamaran-style ferries were expected to arrive at the North River Shipyard in Nyack by Tuesday morning for inspection and/or repairs, Conroy added.
All of the vessels were manufactured by Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, La., which sources have said also built the three other boats now undergoing repairs in Nyack and at Yank Marine in Tuckahoe, NJ.
The Owl’s Head, the ferry being fixed by Yank Marine, has been marked with 45 circles where the Coast Guard ordered metal patches welded onto its hulls, according to a source familiar with the matter.
City Hall — which is pumping $325 million into the NYC Ferry program — Hornblower and Metal Shark did not respond to questions.
But both the city and Hornblower earlier claimed any holes in their ferries were caused by unrelated “minor” repairs.