UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman south of Montauk, NY

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 07/04/2017 11:14 PM EDT

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News Release  

July 4, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 1st District PA Detachment New York
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment New York
Office: (212) 514-4291
After Hours: (917) 703-0983

UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman south of Montauk, NY 

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard has suspended the search Tuesday evening for a missing person who was last seen aboard a fishing vessel 25 miles south of Montauk, New York.

Missing is a 55-year old crewmember from the fishing vessel Miss Shauna who was last seen at 4:00 p.m., Monday, and was not wearing a life jacket at the time.

For approximately 28-hours, a number of Coast Guard units, as well as several fishing vessels, ran 22-search patterns and covered an area over 4,200 square miles.

Assets involved in the search were:

· A 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Montauk

· A 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Station Shinnecock

· An MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod

· An HC-144 Ocean Sentry plane from Air Station Cape Cod

· An HC-130 Hercules plane from Air Station Elizabeth City

Coast Guard Cutter Shrike

Coast Guard Cutter Juniper

Miss Shauna is a fishing vessel based in New Bedford, Mass.

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