CG towing boat to Orange Beach

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard was towing a vessel taking on water with three people aboard some 30 miles south of Gulf Shores, Ala., on April 10. Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala., received a report about the vessel at 8:34 p.m. on April 9, and directed the launch of 45-foot Response Boat from CG stations Dauphin Island, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter CG Air Station New Orleans. The response boat crew from Pensacola arrived on scene at 10:20 p.m., and began towing the vessel to Sportsman Marina in Orange Beach, Ala. (Source: Coast Guard 04/10/17)