U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City aircrews utilize the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter for search and rescue, law enforcement, and national security missions.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nick Ameen.
DELAWARE CITY, Del. — The Coast Guard and partners are in search mission for a boater that went missing late Friday evening morning four miles south of Delaware City.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center received a report that a boater contacted emergency services when his friend went missing after their boat capsized in waters around Augustine Beach.
A Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew was launched along with a Coast Guard Station Philadelphia boat crew to search for the missing person.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier.
Also involved in the search are the New Castle and Penn Port Fire Departments and members of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Anyone with information on this case in encouraged to call the Sector Delaware Bay Command Center at 215-271-4881.
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