Coast Guard, good Samaritan searching for missing shrimpers
The Coast Guard is searching for two missing shrimpers south of Southwest Pass, Tuesday.
Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center received notification from an offshore rig reporting a capsized shrimping vessel at 4 p.m. The reporting source stated two people were rescued by the good Samaritan vessel Miss Anna from the keel of the 75-foot shrimping vessel Christopher's Joy.
The Coast Guard launched a Response Boat - Medium crew from Station Venice and a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to search for two missing crewmembers of the Christopher's Joy.
