Coast Guard searches for missing fisherman off Montauk, N.Y.

united states coast guard 

News Release  

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
PA Detachment New York online newsroom

Coast Guard searches for missing fisherman off Montauk, N.Y.

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing fisherman who went overboard 16 nautical miles south of Montauk Point, New York, Saturday. 

Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders received a radio distress call via VHF Channel 16 at 11:20 p.m. from the commercial fishing vessel Hope and Sydney, reporting that crew member Carl Whitney, 32, had gone overboard. The individual was reported wearing an orange t-shirt, jeans and carrying a green duffle bag. He was not wearing a personal floatation device. 

Multiple assets are currently involved in the search, including: 

  • Coast Guard Station Montauk 47-foot Motor Lifeboat boatcrew
  • Coast Guard Guard Cutter Vigorous 
  • Coast Guard Cutter Kingfisher
  • Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew 
  • Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod HC-144 Ocean Sentry crew 

-USCG-