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                      UNITED STATES                    --------------------------
            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                 OMB APPROVAL 
                   WASHINGTON, DC 20549                --------------------------
                                                       OMB Number:      3235-0101 
                        FORM 144                       Expires:      May 31, 2000 
                                                       Estimated average burden 
          NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES        hours per response ... 2.0 
        PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES      --------------------------
                        ACT OF 1933                         S.E.C. USE ONLY 
                                                       --------------------------
        ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies        DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.     
               of this form concurrently with          
        either placing an order with a broker to       --------------------------
             execute sale or executing a sale          CUSIP NUMBER         
              directly with a market maker.             
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                                                       WORK LOCATION        
                                                                            
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  <S>                                                          <C>                      <C>                   <C>            <C>
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   1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                  (b) I.R.S. IDENT. NO.    (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
        TransCoastal Marine Services, Inc.                         72-1353528               000-23225
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   1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                   STREET           CITY           STATE           ZIP CODE             (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                                                                                              ---------------------
                                                                                                              AREA CODE      NUMBER
        3535 Briarpark, Suite 210,                           Houston,       Texas            77042              713        784-7429
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   2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT   (b) I.R.S. IDENT.  (c) RELATIONSHIP   (d) ADDRESS    STREET    CITY    STATE    ZIP CODE
        THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD          NO.                TO ISSUER
                                                      less than 10%   
        J & D Capital, L.C.        72-1365743         Stockholder        217 W. University Ave., Lafayette, LA 70506
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  </TABLE> 
   
   INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
                the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  <TABLE>
  <S>                   <C>                                          <C>                 <C>                  <C>
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         3(a)                            (b)                                                    (c)                  (d)
     TITLE OF THE          NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH BROKER           S.E.C. USE ONLY     NUMBER OF SHARES         AGGREGATE
       CLASS OF         THROUGH WHOM THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE        ---------------      OR OTHER UNITS           MARKET
      SECURITIES         OFFERED OR EACH MARKET MAKER WHO IS          BROKER-DEALER         TO BE SOLD              VALUE
      TO BE SOLD               ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES                FILE NUMBER       (See instr. 3(c))    (See instr. 3(d))
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      Common Stock            Jefferies & Company, Inc.                                       533,500             $6,001,875
    $0.001 par value
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  <C>                          <C>                    <C>          
       (e)                      (f)                    (g)         
  NUMBER OF SHARES            APPROXIMATE            NAME OF EACH  
   OR OTHER UNITS             DATE OF SALE            SECURITIES   
     OUTSTANDING           (See instr. 3(f))           EXCHANGE    
  (See instr. 3(e))         (Mo. Day Yr.)         (See instr. 3(g))
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  9,148,141 Shares              4/30/98         NASDAQ National Market
  
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  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  INSTRUCTIONS: 
  <S>  <C>
  1.  (a) Name of issuer
      (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number 
      (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any (d) Issuer's address, including 
          zip code 
      (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
      (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an 
          entity
      (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 
          10 percent stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the 
          foregoing)
      (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
      (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended 
          to be sold
      (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the 
          aggregate face amount)
      (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified 
          date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
      (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt 
          securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most 
          recent report or statement published by the issuer
      (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
      (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which  the securities 
          are intended to be sold
  </TABLE>
  
       POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
    CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS
                       A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  
  
  
  
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                           TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
     Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
     securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part
              of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  <TABLE>
  <S>              <C>         <C>                      <C>                        <C>               <C>          <C>
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       Title of    Date you    Nature of Acquisition    Name of Person from        Amount of         Date of      Nature of Payment
      the Class    Acquired       Transaction            Whom Acquired             Securities        Payment                        
                                                        (If gift, also give        Acquired  
                                                        date donor acquired)
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      Common Stock   3/24/97      Private Placement        Original Issue         533,500 Shares     3/24/97    (See Remarks Below)
    $0.001 par value
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  </TABLE>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
   1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
      cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
      nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
      note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
      the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
      in full or the last installment paid.
  
   2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
      whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other
      option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144,
      furnish full information with respect thereto.
   
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                TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
               Furnish the following information as to all securities
               of the issuer sold during the past three months by the
              person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <S>                                       <C>                              <C>                 <C>               <C>
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     Name and Address of Seller             Title of Securities Sold         Date of Sale         Amount of        Gross Proceeds
                                                                                                 Securities                      
                                                                                                    Sold                         
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     N/A                                    
   
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  </TABLE>
  
  REMARKS: The surrender and exchange of an equal number of shares of the Common
  Stock, no par value, of Red Fox International, Inc., a Louisiana corporation.
   
   INSTRUCTIONS:
   See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
   be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
   sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
   information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
   by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
   person filing this notice.
   
                                  April 30, 1998
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                                  DATE OF NOTICE
   ATTENTION:
   The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
   be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
   material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
   operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
   publicly disclosed.
  
    J & D Capital, L.C.
  
  
  
    By:  /s/ G. DARCY KLUG
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            (signature)
       G. Darcy Klug, Manager
  
    
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
      to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
      Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
   
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   ATTENTION: INTERNATIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
                     CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).
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                      UNITED STATES                    --------------------------
            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                 OMB APPROVAL 
                   WASHINGTON, DC 20549                --------------------------
                                                       OMB Number:      3235-0101 
                        FORM 144                       Expires:      May 31, 2000 
                                                       Estimated average burden 
          NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES        hours per response ... 2.0 
        PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES      --------------------------
                        ACT OF 1933                         S.E.C. USE ONLY 
                                                       --------------------------
        ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies        DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.     
               of this form concurrently with          
        either placing an order with a broker to       --------------------------
             execute sale or executing a sale          CUSIP NUMBER         
              directly with a market maker.             
                                                       --------------------------
                                                       WORK LOCATION        
                                                                            
                                                       --------------------------
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                  (b) I.R.S. IDENT. NO.    (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
        TransCoastal Marine Services, Inc.                         72-1353528               000-23225
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                   STREET           CITY           STATE           ZIP CODE             (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                                                                                              ---------------------
                                                                                                              AREA CODE      NUMBER
        3535 Briarpark, Suite 210,                           Houston,       Texas            77042              713        784-7429
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT   (b) I.R.S. IDENT.  (c) RELATIONSHIP   (d) ADDRESS    STREET    CITY    STATE    ZIP CODE
        THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD          NO.                TO ISSUER
                                                      less than 10%   
        J & D Capital, L.C.        72-1365743         Stockholder        217 W. University Ave., Lafayette, LA 70506
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  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
                the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
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         3(a)                            (b)                                                    (c)                  (d)
     TITLE OF THE          NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH BROKER           S.E.C. USE ONLY     NUMBER OF SHARES         AGGREGATE
       CLASS OF         THROUGH WHOM THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE        ---------------      OR OTHER UNITS           MARKET
      SECURITIES         OFFERED OR EACH MARKET MAKER WHO IS          BROKER-DEALER         TO BE SOLD              VALUE
      TO BE SOLD               ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES                FILE NUMBER       (See instr. 3(c))    (See instr. 3(d))
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      Common Stock            Jefferies & Company, Inc.                                       533,500             $6,001,875
    $0.001 par value
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  (e)                      (f)                    (g)         
  NUMBER OF SHARES            APPROXIMATE            NAME OF EACH  
   OR OTHER UNITS             DATE OF SALE            SECURITIES   
     OUTSTANDING           (See instr. 3(f))           EXCHANGE    
  (See instr. 3(e))         (Mo. Day Yr.)         (See instr. 3(g))
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  9,148,141 Shares              4/30/98         NASDAQ National Market
  
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.  (a) Name of issuer
      (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number 
      (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any (d) Issuer's address, including 
          zip code 
      (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
      (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an 
          entity
      (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 
          10 percent stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the 
          foregoing)
      (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
      (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended 
          to be sold
      (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the 
          aggregate face amount)
      (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified 
          date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
      (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt 
          securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most 
          recent report or statement published by the issuer
      (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
      (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which  the securities 
          are intended to be sold
  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
    CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS
                       A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  2
                           TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
     Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
     securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part
              of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Title of    Date you    Nature of Acquisition    Name of Person from        Amount of         Date of      Nature of Payment
      the Class    Acquired       Transaction            Whom Acquired             Securities        Payment                        
                                                        (If gift, also give        Acquired  
                                                        date donor acquired)
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      Common Stock   3/24/97      Private Placement        Original Issue         533,500 Shares     3/24/97    (See Remarks Below)
    $0.001 par value
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
   1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
      cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
      nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
      note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
      the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
      in full or the last installment paid.
  
   2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
      whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other
      option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144,
      furnish full information with respect thereto.
   
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                TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
               Furnish the following information as to all securities
               of the issuer sold during the past three months by the
              person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
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     Name and Address of Seller             Title of Securities Sold         Date of Sale         Amount of        Gross Proceeds
                                                                                                 Securities                      
                                                                                                    Sold                         
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     N/A                                    
   
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  REMARKS: The surrender and exchange of an equal number of shares of the Common
  Stock, no par value, of Red Fox International, Inc., a Louisiana corporation.
   
   INSTRUCTIONS:
   See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
   be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
   sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
   information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
   by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
   person filing this notice.
   
                                  April 30, 1998
                      ----------------------------------------
                                  DATE OF NOTICE
   ATTENTION:
   The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
   be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
   material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
   operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
   publicly disclosed.
  
    J & D Capital, L.C.
  
    By:  /s/ G. DARCY KLUG
       ----------------------------------------
            (signature)
       G. Darcy Klug, Manager
  
    
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
      to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
      Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
   
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   ATTENTION: INTERNATIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
                     CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).
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