Coast Guard, local agencies search for one person aboard overdue vessel in Vermillion Bay, Louisiana

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/08/2019 02:35 PM EST

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
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Coast Guard, local agencies search for one person aboard overdue vessel in Vermillion Bay, Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for one person aboard an overdue vessel in Vermillion Bay, Louisiana, Friday. 

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report from St. Mary Sheriff’s Department at 8:35 p.m. Thursday of an overdue 17-foot Boston Whaler. 

The vessel is a tan and white 17-foot Boston Whaler with a trawling system off the stern.

The man aboard left Cypremort Point and was scheduled to arrive at Marsh Island Thursday afternoon. 

Involved in the search is:

- Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile C-130 Hercules aircrew

- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew

- Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Morgan City 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew

- Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Morgan City 24-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew

- Two Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 24-foot Response Boat-Small boat crews

- Coast Guard Auxiliary aircrew

- St. Mary Sheriff’s Department

- Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department 

- Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries

Anyone with any information please contact Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center at (504) 365-2209. 

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