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Tug assisted disabled boaters

The Coast Guard and the "Greenland Sea" assisted four boaters after their vessel became disabled approximately 23 miles offshore from Freeport, Texas, on June 10, 2019. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders were notified of the disabled 25-foot pleasure craft by the crew of the tug. They issued an urgent marine information broadcast, launched a Coast Guard Station Freeport boat crew and diverted a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to the scene. The Dolphin helicopter crew spotted the vessel once they arrived on scene and vectored in the Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to the vessel which was escorted to the Bridge Bait Marina in Freeport. Weather on scene was reported as 2-foot seas with 10 mph winds.