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February 2, 2007

Coast Guard searching for missing Mass. fishing boat

BOSTON -- The Coast Guard continued an air-and-sea search this morning for a 52-foot fishing vessel with two crew members that disappeared off the Maine coast after sending an automated distress signal.

Three Coast Guard vessels including a 270-foot cutter were searching along with a Jayhawk helicopter and Falcon jet.

It's the second missing vessel inside a week in New England waters.

The wreckage of the New Bedford-based fishing vessel Lady of Grace was found Sunday on the bottom of Nantucket Sound. One crew member's body has been recovered, while the other three remain missing and are presumed dead.

The Coast Guard planned to re-evaluate the search this afternoon, taking into account an oncoming coastal storm as well as prospects for success after saturating the area, said Kenneth Stuart, a search coordinator.

Read the full Associated Press story.

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