Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter landing in New Orleans, Louisiana. (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Hague)
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard assisted a vessel taking on water approximately 30 miles southeast of Dauphin Island, Alabama, Tuesday.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a call at approximately 5 p.m. via VHF marine radio channel 16 of a 29-foot vessel taking on water.
Sector Mobile watchstanders coordinated the launch of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew.
The Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and helped vector the boatcrew. The boatcrew arrived on scene and assisted the vessel with setting up a dewatering pump and towed the vessel back to Dauphin Island safely.
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