US Coast Guard crews, along with state and local partners, are searching by air and sea for a man who reportedly fell overboard between Kent Narrows and Herring Bay, on June 27.
US Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received a report that a person aboard a 40-foot cabin cruiser was missing. During the trip, the man had gone below deck and when he had not reappeared about an hour later, the owner searched for his friend.
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He realized that the man was no longer aboard, and called a friend of his on shore, who called the US Coast Guard. The reporting source stated that the man had likely fallen overboard between Kent Narrows and Herring Bay.
Search crews aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter were deployed, while the Maryland Natural Resources Police responded with boats and a helicopter, the Maryland State Police with Trooper 2 and Anne Arundel County Fire Department deployed a boat.
The weather on the scene was reported as 25 knot winds, 4-to-5-foot seas and a water temperature of 75 degrees.
USCG said that if anyone sees anything near south of Kent Island, it is requested that they contact the Coast Guard sector command center on VHF-FM channel 16, or at 410-576-2525.
