Fishing Boat Sinks In Alaska

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Last Modified: March 23rd, 2008 08:51 AM

A captain and three of his crew are dead and one crew member is missing after a Seattle-based fishing boat on its way to mackerel fishing grounds sank off the Aleutian Islands early Sunday morning.
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The 200-foot Alaska Ranger, a catcher-processor vessel, was on its way to fish mackerel when it lost control of its rudder shortly before 3 a.m. Easter morning and began taking on water, the Coast Guard said.

One former captain of the doomed ship said he found the retrofitted boat unstable. “It’s a very top-heavy boat. It was the most unstable boat they had,” said Richard Canty, who worked for the Fishing Co. of Alaska, the owner of the vessel, for 14 years and now captains tug boats in New York.

The company disputes Canty’s claims. Source

The above link is an informative account of the incident.

This appears to be a photo of the F/V Alaska Ranger:
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