Archive image: U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducts a search and rescue (SAR) demonstration during Fleet Week NYC at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Breanna Boardman.
Woods Hole, M.A. — The Coast Guard crews are searching for a missing fisherman in the water near Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Thursday, March 5, 2026.
At 11:58 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England (SENE) watchstanders received a report from two Good Samaritans of a capsized vessel later identified to be the fishing vessel Yankee Rose which had two people on board.
The Coast Guard launched an MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and a HC-144 Ocean Sentry fixed-wing rescue aircraft aircrew from Air Station Cape Cod, along with response boats from Station Provincetown and Cape Cod Canal. Massachusetts Environmental Police and local responders, including Towboat U.S. assisted in the search.
At approximately 12:27 p.m., Massachusetts Environmental Police recovered a person from the water.
At approximately 3:48 p.m., the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew confirmed that the fishing vessel Yankee Rose sank with an adjacent debris field.
“Our thoughts are with the families of the crew of the fishing vessel Yankee Rose and the local fishing community,” said Cmdr. Thomas Wieland, Sector Southeastern North England Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator. “Coast Guard crews are continuing to search the area, and we remain committed to doing everything possible to locate the missing mariner.”
The Coast Guard is continuing search efforts for the second crewmember.
Keeping a sharp lookout at sea saves lives. In the event of maritime emergency contact Sector Southeastern New England at (866) 819-9128 or via VHF channel 16.
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