OCEAN CITY, MD — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a mariner who is thought to have gone overboard from his boat off the coast of Ocean City.
Following an extensive 20-hour search covering a total 2,539 square nautical miles, an area roughly the size of Delaware, the case was suspended Friday afternoon pending further information.
Shortly after suspending, the Coast Guard Cutter Pompano took the vessel in tow to return it to shore. At about 11 p.m. Friday, the cutter passed the tow to a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Indian River, who brought the vessel to the station where it remined overnight. Friends of the mariner’s family recovered the boat at about 1 p.m. today.
The search included crews and air and surface assets from:
- Coast Guard Station Ocean City
- Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City
- Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City
- Coast Guard Sector Virginia
- Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region
- Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay
- Coast Guard East District
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