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Coast Guard search for possible people in the water near Baytown, Texas

Coast Guard search for possible people in the water near Baytown, Texas. MH-65 Dolphin Air Station Houston.
Archive image: one of Air Station Houston’s MH-65D Dolphin helicopters is prepped and ready to go for the day as the sun begins to rise.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by por Lt. Brian Michka.

HOUSTON​ — The Coast Guard search for seven possible people in the water near Baytown, in Cedar Bayou, just west of the U.S. Highway 146 bridge, Texas, Monday.

At 9:40 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a mayday radio transmission​ on Channel 16 from a distressed​ mariner stating his 27-foot recreational vessel was taking on water with four adults and three children onboard. After this initial report, the radio communications were lost.​

Watchstanders​ issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched an Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a Station Houston 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew to search the area.​

Coast Guard search for possible people in the water near Baytown, Texas. 29-foor Response Boat-Small Station Houston.
Archive image: boat crews from Coast Guard Station Houston conduct law enforcement training on the 29-foot Response Boats–Small in the Houston Ship Channel near Kemah, Texas. Law enforcement training ensures members maintain operational readiness.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland.

Anyone with information should contact Sector Houston-Galveston at 281-464-4854.

Involved in the search are:

  • Coast Guard Station Houston 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew
  • Baytown Police Department
  • Baytown Fire Department

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