The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale, was caught on the ship's bow when it arrived at the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday, officials said.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement is investigating the animal’s death. NOAA officials said the carcass was towed to shore Tuesday at Sandy Hook for a necropsy.

An endangered sei whale died in what may have been a ship strike at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook on Saturday. The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the 44-foot-whale was found dead on the front of the cruise ship MSC Meraviglia in the Port of Brooklyn on May 4.