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Coast Guard search for owner of adrift fishing boat near Tiki Island in Galveston, Texas

Coast Guard search for owner of adrift fishing boat near Tiki Island in Galveston, Texas. MH-65 Dolphin Air Station Houston.
Archive image: a rescue swimmer is lowered during air operations training off Galveston, Texas.
Air operations trainings are held regularly to ensure the search and rescue capabilities of Coast Guard crews stay up to the high standard expected of them.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin R. Williams.

HOUSTON​ —​ The Coast Guard is searching for the​ owner of an unmanned, adrift 16-foot fishing boat located south of Tiki Island in Galveston, Texas, Friday.

The registration number of the vessel is TX3724ST.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification at approximately 8 a.m.​ from a good Samaritan​ of the unmanned vessel. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast to vessels in the area.

A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched to search.

Involved in the search are:

  • Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston
  • Coast Guard Air Station Houston
  • Galveston Beach Patrol

Anyone with information that may help identify the owner of the fishing boat is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center at​ (281) 464-4854.

Coast Guard search for owner of adrift fishing boat near Tiki Island in Galveston, Texas.
An unmanned 16-foot fishing boat beached on the south shores of Tiki Island in Galveston, Texas, Feb. 28, 2020. Coast Guard crews, along with Galveston Beach Patrol, are searching for the owner.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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