Coast Guard rescues fishermen in consecutive cases in Matagorda Bay, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard boat and air crews rescued a 64-year-old man after his oyster boat went aground and began taking on water in Matagorda Bay early Friday morning and rescued another man after his oyster boat went aground in the same area FridAY afternoon.
At approximately 5:30 a.m., the son of the master of the oyster vessel Two Sisters contacted Station Port Aransas by phone stating...
Coast Guard assists four after vessel capsizes off Port O’Conner coast
PORT O’CONNER, Texas — Four people stranded on a reef off the coast of Port O’Conner were assisted by a Coast Guard response boat crew, Saturday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Port O’Conner received a call on VHF-FM channel 16 from the captain of a fishing vessel at approximately 3:30 p.m., reporting that a 19-foot pleasure craft in Espiritu Santo Bay had capsized and that...
