RedactedNarrative: On December 4, 2020 at approximately 12:30pm, workers at the Gulf Island Shipyard in Houma, LA spotted a vessel near one of their dry docks maneuvering in counter clock-wise circles in the Houma Navigational Canal with no one onboard. Once they got closer to investigate what was going on, they noticed what appeared to be a body floating in between one of their ships. 
  
  A nearby tug boat was able to get the vessel (LA-6181-FM) stopped and secured, while a smaller vessel retrieved the body out of the water. Once getting the body to dry land, CPR was administered until paramedics arrived on scene. His body was turned over to the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's office with an autopsy pending. The vessel, vehicle, and trailer was turned over to family members at the Houma Fire station boat launch. This investigation is ongoing pending the outcome of the autopsy. It is currently unknown if drugs and/or alcohol played a role in this incident. Victim had a manually inflatable PFD still on his body when he was recovered. The PFD was not inflated. LA-6181-FM is a 15' Weldbuilt Hull bearing HIN WDB18813J506. The vessel was equipped with a 25 HP Yamaha tiller steered outboard. Contributing factors are still under investigation pending the autopsy report. Currently, the type of incident is operator falls overboard.
  