Coast Guard suspends search for fishing vessel crewman offshore Hawaiʻi 

The US Coast Guard suspended its search at 4:30 p.m. Thursday for a fishing vessel crewman in the water over 1,200 miles offshore Hawaiʻi.  Missing is a 59-year-old man who reportedly fell overboard, Sunday. 

“After carefully weighing all available information, we have decided to suspend our search for the missing crewman,” said Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Miller, search and rescue mission coordinator for Coast Guard Oceania District. “We are grateful for the robust efforts of US Navy aircrews and the assistance of the Maersk Yellowstone crew, who diverted their course to join the search.” 

Search efforts began after Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a report from the Korea Mission Coordination Center at 5 p.m. Sunday that a crewman aboard the Republic of Korea-flagged fishing vessel Oryong 355 had been reported missing at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, approximately 1,200 miles southeast of the Big Island.  

Watchstanders issued a SafetyNET broadcast to all ships in the vicinity of the Oryong 355 and coordinated the launch of a US Navy P-8 Poseidon airplane crew from Navy Command Task Force-32 on Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi to search for the missing man.