HONOLULU (U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District External Affairs) — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continue to search Sunday for missing crew members of the cargo vessel Mariana.
Coast Guard aircrews and the crew of fast response cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) are searching in the vicinity of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Crews continue to search for the five missing crewmen and an orange 12-person life raft in the vicinity of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. So far, Coast Guard crews and partners involved have searched for more than 85 hours, covering over 127,900 square nautical miles, an area roughly the size of California.
Additionally, Coast Guard and partner aircrews have conducted aerial searches of the following islands:
Farallon de Pajaros
Agrihan
Pagan
Alamagan
Guguan
Maug Islands
Asuncion
Sarigan
Anatahan
Zealandia Bank
Anyone with information that may assist in search efforts should contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM channel 16 or call the Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu at 1-800-331-6176.
Involved in the search:
Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu
USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143), Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Apra Harbor, Guam
USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140), Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Apra Harbor, Guam
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Kapolei, Hawaii
U.S. Air Force 31st Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan
U.S. Air Force 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Tokyo
U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon airplane crew, Patrol Squadron 26 (VP-26), Commander, Task Force 72 (CTF-72)
Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream V jet
Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Akitsushima (PLH-32), Yokohama, Japan
Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon airplane crew, RNZAF Base Ohakea, New Zealand
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