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Coast Guard assists 5 aboard vessel after 2 fishing vessels collide near Port O’Connor, Texas

The Coast Guard assisted five crew members aboard an 84-foot fishing vessel near Port O’Connor, Texas, Monday. At approximately 9 p.m., Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a mayday call over VHF-FM channel 16 from the crew of fishing vessel Aiden Boy reporting a collision with the fishing vessel Joseph Vu approximately 15 miles off Port O’Connor. Neither crew was reportedly in distress. Video, >click to read<22:45

Newport: Two fishing vessels collide near the mouth of the jaws Monday evening – no injuries – photos

pegasus-starboard-damage-8-19-14Just before midnight last evening (Monday), two fishing vessels, one leaving Newport, the other returning, came upon each other in the fog near the mouth of the Newport jaws.  They were on a collision course.  Both bridges tried evasive action but there was a collision anyway. The F/V Blue Horizon and the F/V Pegasus,,, Read more here 12:26