Coast Guard suspends search for fisherman off South Padre Island

Coast Guard suspends search for fisherman off South Padre Island
An HC-144 Ocean Sentry at Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi. (U.S Coast Guard file photo) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for a 35-year-old fisherman who went missing off South Padre Island, Texas, Saturday. Coast Guard crews searched approximately 1,903 square miles for over 32 combined hours. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center watchstanders...

Coast Guard suspends search for shrimp boat captain near Port Aransas

Coast Guard suspends search for shrimp boat captain near Port Aransas
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, circles above the commercial shrimping vessel Lady Nora approximately 7 miles northeast of the jetties near Port Aransas, Texas, Feb. 6, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing shrimp boat captain...

Coast Guard searching for shrimp boat captain near Port Aransas, Texas

Coast Guard searching for shrimp boat captain near Port Aransas, Texas
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, circles above the commercial shrimping vessel Lady Nora approximately 7 miles northeast of the jetties near Port Aransas, Texas, Feb. 6, 2022.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard is searching for a 40-year-old man who fell overboard...

Coast Guard Cutter Manta to hold decommissioning ceremony in Corpus Christi

Coast Guard Cutter Manta to hold decommissioning ceremony in Corpus Christi
Coast Guard Cutter Manta Logo CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a decommissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Manta in Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday. The cutter Manta was originally commissioned into the service in 2000 and has serviced for 21 years. The cutter Manta is in the marine protector class of coastal patrol boats whose primary missions include combating...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing dredge crew members

Coast Guard suspends search for missing dredge crew members
Coast Guard searches Aug. 22, 2020, for the missing crew members from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard has suspended its search  for two missing crew members from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd. The bodies of two of the missing crew members were recovered at approximately 2 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., Saturday. Two crew members remain...

Coast Guard rescues 2 from dredge fire in Corpus Christi, Texas

Coast Guard rescues 2 from dredge fire in Corpus Christi, Texas
Coast Guard crews respond to a dredge on fire in the Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Aug. 21, 2020. A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was launched to the scene, hoisted two injured crewmembers and transferred them to Corpus Christi Medical Center – Bay Area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued two crewmembers and continues...

Coast Guard ends search for person in the water near Corpus Christi

Coast Guard ends search for person in the water near Corpus Christi
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft file photo CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard ended its search for a person in the water in the Packery Channel after the Corpus Christi Police Department notified Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders that the body of the 26-year-old man was discovered approximately 100-yards off the north jetty near Corpus Christi, Texas, Thursday...

Coast Guard searching for person in the water near Corpus Christi, Texas

Coast Guard searching for person in the water near Corpus Christi, Texas
Coast Guard Cutter Manta Logo CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water off the north jetty of the Packery Channel near Corpus Christi, Texas,. Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders were notified Wednesday evening of a 26-year-old male boogie boarder reportedly caught in a riptide and last seen off the north jetty of the Packery Channel. Watchstanders...

Coast Guard reopens La Quinta Channel near Ingleside, Texas

Coast Guard reopens La Quinta Channel near Ingleside, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard reopened the La Quinta Channel to vessel traffic Thursday evening near Ingleside, Texas. The closure began Tuesday when Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received notification that the vessel Cristi sank approximately 100 yards north of Ingleside Point at 10:30 a.m. Due to the location of the sunken vessel, the La Quinta Channel was...