Coast Guard launches aircraft to search for missing mariner

HOUSTON Josiah Victor Hoffman, 52, was reported missing by his wife around 12:45pm Monday. Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center received an overdue vessel report from Hoffman's wife, reporting that her husband did not return to port when expected.

Hoffman is overdue from a sailing trip that departed from Houston on Jan. 3, 2011, en route to Ocean Springs. HIs sailing vessel is called the 'Long Last.' It is 32 feet long and is white with blue trim.

Anyone with information about the missing person should call the Coast Guard Command Center at 504-589-6225.