Three people were rescued from a sinking vessel near Matagorda, Texas, on Monday morning. The US Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a report of a disabled shrimping vessel that was taking on water, approximately two miles from the Matagorda jetties.
A Coast Guard Station Port O’Connor 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew was launched.
The mariners contacted the command center via cellular phone and informed them that they would be abandoning the vessel.
Watchstanders instructed the mariners to ignite a flare to make the RB-M crew aware of their location.
Once on-scene the three mariners were taken from the water onto the RB-M and then transported to Station Port O’Connor. There were no injuries.
The vessel remains partially submerged in Matagorda Bay approximately 300-yards from shore.
A Safety Marine Information Broadcast has been issued to mariners in the area. The owner of the vessel has made vessel salvage arrangements.
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