Coast Guard searching for missing vessel east of Port Canaveral

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Clearwater prepare the aircraft, U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse (archive).

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard is searching Sunday for a missing vessel east of Port Canaveral.​

Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Command Center watchstanders received a distress call at 4 p.m. from a vessel stating they were caught in a storm and were in need of assistance.

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater​ MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a Station Port Canaveral 45-foot Response Boat-Medium commenced searching.

An Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft crew also launched to assist in the search.

Anyone with information that can assist in the search is asked to contact Sector Jacksonville Command Center watchstanders at 904-714-7555.

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Pilots aboard an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Miami.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse (archive).

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