Coast Guard rescues 6 people from vessel taking on water near Pensacola Bay

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/09/2021 10:50 PM EST

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Coast Guard rescues 6 people from vessel taking on water near Pensacola Bay

Coast Guard rescues six people from vessel taking on water near Pensacola Bay Coast Guard rescues six people from vessel taking on water near Pensacola Bay

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued six people from a 20-foot pleasure craft taking on water Tuesday approximately 3 miles northwest of Pensacola Bay in Pensacola, Fla. 

Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a report at 5:45 p.m. of a 20-foot pleasure craft, Blue Water, taking on water with six people aboard approximately 3 miles northwest of the entrance to Pensacola Bay.

A 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Pensacola was launched to respond.

The boatcrew arrived on scene, safely embarked the mariners from the vessel and used a P-6 dewatering pump to get the flooding under control. The RB-M crew towed the vessel to Bayou Chico. There were no reported medical concerns. 

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