Coast Guard searching for missing vessel east of Port Canaveral

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U.S. Coast Guard 7th District PA Detachment Jacksonville
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Coast Guard searching for missing vessel east of Port Canaveral

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard is searching Sunday for a missing vessel east of Port Canaveral. 

Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Command Center watchstanders received a distress call at 4 p.m. from a vessel stating they were caught in a storm and were in need of assistance.

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a Station Port Canaveral 45-foot Response Boat-Medium commenced searching.

An Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft crew also launched to assist in the search.

Anyone with information that can assist in the search is asked to contact Sector Jacksonville Command Center watchstanders at 904-714-7555.

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