The search for two missing mariners on a 47-foot vessel focused west of Saipan on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The vessel, Lucky Harvest, departed Alamagan on May 12 en route to ...

Four self-locating datum marker buoys, SLDMBs, were also deployed to support the Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System, refining drift predictions in changing sea conditions.

Stuck emphasized that technology will never fully replace physical markers. The vast majority of buoys that the Coast Guard maintains are considered critically important and “never going ...