HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Hawaii Fire Department are searching for a man reported missing near Pohoiki Bay, Hawaii, Wednesday.
Missing is 65-year-old Charles Rosecranes.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu received a report from Hawaii Fire Department regarding a missing 65-year-old man who was last seen approximately 1 a.m. Wednesday. He reportedly fell overboard from a 15-foot outboard skiff he and his friend had been operating.
An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point launched to search along with the crew of the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Kiska, homeported in Hilo, and crews from the Hawaii Fire Department.
Rosecranes is 5 feet 10 inches tall and 160 lbs., reported to be wearing a blue and white pin-striped shirt, rain coat, pants and rubber boots.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Coast Guard Sector Honolulu at (808) 842-2600.
