Four dead, one missing after ship sinks off Dutch Harbor
Sun, March 23, 2008
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories
The Coast Guard continues to search this morning for a missing crewman, after a fishing trawler sank in the Bering Sea yesterday killing four people on board.
The boat’s owner, the Fishing Company of Alaska, has identified the dead as captain Eric Peter Jacobsen, chief engineer Daniel Cook, mate David Silveira and crewman Byron Carrillo.
The 180-foot Alaska Ranger, based out of Seattle, started taking on water shortly before 3:00 a.m. yesterday after losing control of its rudder. At the time, the vessel was in 6- to 8-foot seas with about 25 knot winds, said to be rough conditions for life rafts.
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180 fishing vessel with 47 crew members? Got to be a catcher/processor right?
Honestly, 6 to 8′ seas and 25 knots is nothing out there. I would think a commercial crew would be prepared for that sort of thing… I hope they’ve all got their gumbies on!
God be with them…
Please, this ship is longer than 180 feet and is a trawler. The crew was prepared and are being rescued.
It seems as if after each major maritime incident new regs will help to prevent future ones. Then after a while complacency sets in and we have a repeat incident. Immersion suit training has been the rule of thumb as well as MOB drills, abandon ship drills and fire drills. If 4 crew members perished (still don’t know the cause) somewhere the system failed. Are we in for a similiar case in Prince William Sound? One of the most effective prevention/response systems in the world is in place there and the Big Oil companies operating the tankers running in there are CONSTANTLY trying to cut corners and reduce the fleet. In this time of world record oil company profits how can this be? I believe we have our current administration (White House) to thank for this. Mark my words, this developing crisis centered around energy supplies and banking is just the beginning of the long term effects we will experience from having that Texas cowboy and his lackeys in power.
I captained two factory trawlers for FCA eighteen years ago. We practiced our drills religously and made safety our first priority, however, we were working in horrendous weather conditions most of the time and knew even one small mistake could lead to disaster. During my three years with FCA I had not one complaint with the company concerning vessel safety and am proud my vessels had no serious accidents or injuries.