Sagami

The US Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing crewmember from the 'Sagami' on Dec 5, 2020. Approximately 2,823 square miles were covered over 48 hours with four aircraft and two vessels during the search. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received the initial report in the evening of Nov 3 of a 27-year-old male crew member who had fallen overboard from the tanker while rigging an accommodation ladder. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched a Coast Guard Station Sabine 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to conduct the search. The man was last seen wearing an orange work flotation vest and coveralls with reflective tape. Involved in the search were: - Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, - Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, - Coast Guard Air Station Houston, -- Coast Guard Station Sabine, Coast Guard Cutter Alligator.