CG searching for boat in Gulf

The Coast Guard responded March 26 to the report of an overturned vessel about 300 miles south of Pensacola, Fla. Eighth Coast Guard District Command Center received a report at 5 p.m. of an overturned white vessel, about 16-feet long, from another vessel in the area. The CG command center launched an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., to search for the potential of people in the water. The vessel American Endurance is assisting in the search.