GALVESTON, Texas -- The Coast Guard is searching for a Royal Caribbean Cruise bartender who vanished somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico overnight.

Officials are searching an area 170 miles southeast of Galveston for a 39-year-old man from the Philippines last seen on the Liberty of the Seas ship around 1:30 a.m. Monday.

The ship left Galveston Sunday on its way to Cancun, Mexico.

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