Hurricane and Flood Response
Flagship Towing provides professional hurricane and flood response services throughout the Gulf Coast and Southeast United States. With extensive real world disaster recovery experience, our teams are equipped to respond quickly when severe weather impacts marinas, waterways, coastal communities, and vessel owners.
We specialize in post-storm boat and vessel recovery, helping customers recover their boats after hurricanes, tropical storms, and flooding events. From lifting sunken boats to removing storm-displaced vessels from shorelines and channels, our experienced crews handle vessel recovery, marine salvage, debris removal, and navigational hazard mitigation with precision and safety.
Flagship Towing has supported large scale cleanup and recovery operations following major hurricanes and flooding, assisting boat owners, marinas, municipalities, and insurance providers with rapid storm damage assessment, stranded boat retrieval, and full vessel recovery services.
With specialized marine equipment and seasoned professionals, we maintain the ability to rapidly mobilize storm response and boat recovery teams to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina when storm response is required.
Proven Hurricane and Flood Response Experience
Our response history includes recovery operations following:
• Hurricane Ian 2022
• Hurricane Milton 2024
• Hurricane Helene 2024
• Hurricane Harvey 2017
• Hurricane Florence 2018
• Hurricane Matthew 2018
• Central Texas Flooding Event 2018
Highland Lakes including Lake Travis and Lake LBJ
• Aquaplex Marina storm damage 2018 and 2019
• Lake Travis Marina damage response 2020
• Hurricane Sally 2020
This extensive experience allows our teams to operate efficiently in high impact environments while maintaining safety, coordination, and clear documentation.
Hurricane and Flood Response Services Include
• Emergency vessel salvage and recovery
• Sunken and partially submerged boat removal
• Grounded and displaced vessel recovery
• Marina and dock debris removal
• Navigational hazard clearance
• Storm damaged vessel stabilization
• Lift bag and heavy recovery operations
• Emergency dewatering and pumping
• Derelict vessel removal following storms
• Post hurricane waterway cleanup
• Documentation support for insurance claims
• Coordination with municipalities and agencies








