The Department of Public Safety called off on Sunday the search for a distressed vessel west of Saipan as there was no sighting and nobody even filed a report with DPS about an overdue or missing boat from the island. <\/p>\n
Acting DPS spokesman Lt. Jason Tarkong said yesterday that after the search-and-rescue operation on the My Lady vessel was called off Saturday afternoon, they did not resume the search.<\/p>\n
Tarkong said DPS Saipan has not received any report of any overdue vessel or missing boat.<\/p>\n
However, he said he can\u2019t speak for U.S. Coast Guard Guam, and that he also did not receive any report from Rota and Tinian.<\/p>\n
He said they could not find the distressed vessel at the location that was given by the U.S. Coast Guard. <\/p>\n
Tarkong said he spoke with DPS Saipan Boating Safety Section officers, who told him that there are a couple of boats on the island that have My Lady as their first names, but no vessel with just the name My Lady. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are still investigating anybody who reported of a distressed or overdue vessel. As of this time, nothing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tarkong said that DPS received a call from USCG Guam on Saturday at about 10:40am, reporting a distress call from a vessel identified as My Lady over the VHF marine radio channel 16. DPS Boating Safety Section then launched its search and rescue boat to conduct a search 20 miles west of Saipan. The USCG also launched a rescue vessel and helicopter to assist the search. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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