CG: Boat taking on water in GoM

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a vessel taking on water about 50 miles south of Grand Isle, La., early Jan. 9. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 1:58 a.m. of an 85-foot fishing boat with three people aboard taking on water in the Gulf of Mexico. A 45-foot Response Boat crew from CG Station Grand Isle, MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from CG Air Station New Orleans, and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., have been dispatched. The helo crew arrived at 3:36 a.m. and lowered a de-watering pump and rescue swimmer. The response boat transferred CG personnel and pumps to the vessel. The CG, and offshore supply vessel Joanne Morrison, are on scene. (Source: Coast Guard 01/09/17)