U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized vessel offshore Saipan

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/29/2026 06:30 AM EDT

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U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized vessel offshore Saipan
04/29/2026 05:15 AM EDT

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard suspended its search for the missing crew members of the cargo vessel Mariana at 10:35 p.m. Tuesday. 
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Antony Stark, an aviation maintenance technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, conducts an aerial search of Pagan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands April 27, 2026. Search efforts for the missing crew members of the cargo ship Mariana began after Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders lost communications with the vessel on April 15. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)

 

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