Joanne-Morrison

The ""Joanne Morrison" jointly with the US Coast Guard responded to a fishing vessel taking on water approximately 50 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, on jan 9, 2017. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 1:58 a.m. of the 85-foot fishing vessel with three people aboard taking on water approximately 50 miles south of Grand Isle. Watchstanders at Sector New Orleans directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. The helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 3:36 a.m. and lowered a de-watering pump and a rescue swimmer. The 45-foot response boat transferred coast guard personnel and pumps to the vessel. The HC-144 Ocean Sentry crew, the 45 foot response boat, and the offshore supply vessel were on scene. At approximately 4:09 p.m. the crew of the fishing vessel reported that they had plugged the hole that caused the flooding. The crew of Coast Guard Cutter "Sturgeon" from Grand Isle arrived on scene at approximately 1 p.m. and was monitoring the vessel as it navigates back to shore.