DULUTH, Minn. — One person was injured when a sightseeing ship struck the breakwater in the Duluth-Superior Harbor on Saturday night.

Authorities were called to the Wisconsin Entry just before 11 p.m. after initial reports said the Vista Star was against the breakwater but not taking on water, the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

One person was reported with non-life-threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office said. The U.S. Coast Guard transported the injured person to Loon’s Foot Landing in Superior, Wis., where the victim was picked up by an ambulance and brought to a Duluth hospital.

The Vista Star crew maneuvered the ship, which was listing to one side in 5-foot waves, off the breakwater. The St. Louis County Rescue Squad, Coast Guard and Duluth Fire Department escorted it back to the Minnesota Slip under its own power.

Several people were assessed for minor injuries at the Minnesota Slip.

Eighty-four people were aboard the ship, according to the sheriff’s office, for a special Sips on Superior cocktail cruise departing at 10:30 p.m. The Vista Star is the larger of the Vista Fleet’s two vessels, measuring 92 feet.

The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.

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