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NEW YORK — The Coast Guard suspended the search Tuesday evening for a missing person who was last seen aboard a fishing vessel 25 miles south of Montauk, New York.
Missing is a 55-year old crewmember from the fishing vessel Miss Shauna who was last seen at 4:00 p.m., Monday, and was not wearing a life jacket at the time.
For approximately 28-hours, a number of Coast Guard units, as well as several fishing vessels, ran 22-search patterns and covered an area over 4,200 square miles.
Assets involved in the search were:
- A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Montauk
- A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Shinnecock
- An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
- An HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane from Air Station Cape Cod
- An HC-130 Hercules airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City
- The Coast Guard Cutter Shrike
- The Coast Guard Cutter Juniper
Miss Shauna is a fishing vessel based in New Bedford, Mass.
