Coast Guard suspends search for man near Westport, Wash.

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 05/10/2025 06:30 PM EDT

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Coast Guard suspends search for man near Westport, Wash.
05/10/2025 05:51 PM EDT

The Coast Guard suspended its search at 8:40 p.m. Friday for the 44-year-old captain aboard the 68-foot fishing vessel, Captain Raleigh, where it sank near Westport, Wash. Three people who were aboard the vessel were rescued from the water by a rescue boatcrew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor. The Captain Raleigh was underway Friday morning when the vessel master issued a distress call around 8:15 a.m. stating they were taking on water and the onboard pumps could not keep up.