Alarm was raised as MSC Cruises vessel sailed off the coast of ... the Coast Guard aircrew commenced searching and deployed a self-locating datum marker buoy that measures sea currents to assist ...

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Among the tools used in the search were three self-locating datum marker buoys (SLDMBs) dropped into the Gulf of Mexico from Coast Guard helicopters.