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The liftboat Seacor Power, part of Sea-cor Marines fleet of more than a dozen self-propelled and self-raising vessels that serve the offshore oil, gas and wind indus-tries, capsized April 13 amid rough seas and high winds in the Gulf of Mexico, just south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana's off-shore energy production hub.According to U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, there were 19 crew mem-bers aboard the Seacor Power at the time of the incident. A day after the incident, six crew members had been safely recovered,with 12 still missing. As of that time, one crew member's body had been recovered.The Seacor Power measures 129 feet,has a maximum working depth of 195 feet and a top speed of 4.3 knots. The vessel set out from Port Fourchon around 1:30 p.m. April 13, bound for Main Pass on the Mississippi River, Coast Guard Sec-tor New Orleans Commander Will Wat-son said in an April 14 press conference."At the time of the incident, the on-scene weather conditions were challeng-ing," Watson said. |