{"id":56152,"date":"2025-02-14T12:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/u-s-coast-guard-rescues-three-fishermen-off-louisiana\/56152\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:15:52","slug":"u-s-coast-guard-rescues-three-fishermen-off-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/u-s-coast-guard-rescues-three-fishermen-off-louisiana\/56152\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Three Fishermen Off Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people from a fishing vessel that capsized off the coast of Louisiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At about 0830 hours on Thursday morning, Eighth Coast Guard District received an EPIRB alert from a fishing vessel located about 40 miles off Calibou Bay. The watchstanders issued a broadcast requesting help from merchant vessels and diverted a nearby Ocean Sentry aircrew to the scene. The aircrew spotted the boat, which was partially sunken, and a life raft floating near it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard cutter <em>Yellowfin <\/em>also diverted to the scene, and the crew found three survivors in the life raft. Despite rough surface conditions, all three were safely rescued and delivered to shore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/media\/images\/article\/Photos\/Navy_Govt_CoastGuard\/Yellowfin-rescue-4.jfif\" style=\"height:354px;width:600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This rescue highlights how preparedness and a rapid response save lives. The vessel&rsquo;s properly registered EPIRB provided accurate coordinates, enabling our crews to pinpoint and reach these fishermen quickly,&rdquo; said Mr. Scott Talbot, Eighth Coast Guard District Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator. &ldquo;Our crews train to respond swiftly, but preparedness on both ends saves lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>USCGC <em>Yellowfin <\/em>is a Marine Protector-class patrol boat homeported at Coast Guard Station Abbeville in Louisiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>maritime-executive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people from a fishing vessel that capsized off the coast of Louisiana.&nbsp; At about 0830 hours on Thursday morning, Eighth Coast Guard District received an EPIRB alert from a fishing vessel located about 40 miles off Calibou Bay. The watchstanders issued a broadcast requesting help from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[1579,25239,2694,1580,291,2693,515],"class_list":["post-56152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-coast","tag-epirb","tag-fishermen","tag-guard","tag-louisiana","tag-rescues","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/56153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}