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Coast Guard, F/V Ocean One rescue 3 after boat capsizes off Freeport, Texas

The Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued three adults after their vessel capsized off the coast of Freeport, Texas, Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a call at 5:05 p.m. on VHF-FM channel 16 from the captain of the fishing vessel Ocean One that a pleasure craft had capsized 10 miles off the coast of Freeport. All three boaters were in the water and wearing life jackets.  The crew of the F/V Ocean One pulled all three boaters from the water. >click to read< 08:55

2 fishermen rescued after boat capsizes in icy water off Cutler

Two men were rescued Monday from a rocky ledge in the ocean after their urchin diving boat capsized off Cutler, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources. The fishermen, Carroll Perry and James Johnson, both of Addison, were fishing not far from the mouth of Little Machias Bay around noon when a wave swamped Johnson’s 25-foot inboard boat, sending both men into the icy water, Read the rest here 07:50

F/V Tracy D saves five people from the Columbia River after boat capsizes

ILWACO, Wash. A nearby boater rescued five people from the Columbia River bar after a boat capsized Friday morning.  A commercial fishing vessel, the Tracy D, called the Coast Guard around 9:23 a.m., Coast Guard officials told KOIN 6 News and then pulled five people from the water. But one man wasn’t rescued, and the Coast Guard recovered his body. Read more here 17:55