Two sailors aboard a Navy training vessel were injured early Thursday in rough seas near San Clemente Island.
Military officials could not immediately confirm where the sailors were based, but NBC7 reported the small boat was attached to the San Diego-based USS Spruance, a destroyer.
The U.S. Coast Guard initially received a distress call from the boat around 2:30 a.m. but did not respond because a Navy vessel was dispatched, according to the Coast Guard’s public affairs office in San Diego.
Two of the six sailors aboard were treated for minor facial lacerations from a broken window, Coast Guard officials said.
A National Weather Service small craft advisory for the waters from San Mateo Point to the border, which included San Clemente Island, was in effect at the time. Northwest winds of 15 to 20 knots with gusts to 30 knots are expected to cause choppy ocean conditions through early Friday.
—City News Service
