Coast Guard rescues 4 men from sinking shrimp boat off the coast of Jamaica Beach
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard rescued four men from a shrimp boat that was taking on water early Friday. Now they are monitoring a pollution resp...
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard rescued four men from a shrimp boat that was taking on water early Friday. Now they are monitoring a pollution response, because of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel potentially on the sinking vessel. At around 1:20 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a notification that a shrimp boat was taking on water about eleven miles south of Jamaica Beach.The Coast Guard dispatched both a response boat and a helicopter.Upon arrival at the scene, the response boat crew reported back that the shrimp boat, Captain Alex, was 86 feet in length and had four people aboard.