USCG identifies fishing boat missing for 40 years

2013-03-26T15:47:00

The Coast Guard confirms that a wreck discovered at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by the BOEM is the fishing vessel Katmai. Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets

In December 2012 the Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel ‘Falkor’ discovered the ‘Katmai’ which had been missing for 40 years.

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