UPDATE: Coast Guard concludes search for missing person near West Ship Island

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 07/19/2017 01:26 PM EDT

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News Release  

July 19, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: (504) 671-2020
After Hours: (618) 225-9008

UPDATE: Coast Guard concludes search for missing person near West Ship Island 

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard concluded the search for a missing person near West Ship Island near Gulfport, Mississippi, Wednesday.

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources located the body of the missing person and transported the body to a nearby coroner’s office.

Coast Guard Station Gulfport watchstanders received a notification at 6:48 a.m. from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources of an unmanned vessel that had ran ashore near Gulfport Harbor with an active motor, Tuesday.

Involved in the search was:

  • Coast Guard Station Gulfport 45-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew
  • Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew
  • Coast Guard Cutter Brant
  • Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
  • Harrison County Sheriff’s office

Anyone with information that may help is asked to contact Coast Guard Sector Mobile command center at (251) 441-6211.

 

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