[C320-list] NTSB Report On Alaska Ranger

[John Frost]

This commercial fishing boat sinking investigation might be of interest to
some.

I guess our little boat problems could be worse

 

Happy Sailing!

 

John

2007 C320MKII

Hull 1118

Guntersville, AL

 

 

On March 22, 2008, the Alaska Ranger, a fish processing 

vessel, departed Dutch Harbor, Alaska, bound for Petrel 

Bank, a fishing ground 500 nautical miles away.  About 0230 

the next morning, the vessel began taking on water in the 

rudder room.  After two hours, the crew abandoned the 

vessel, which sank shortly afterwards.  The Alaska Ranger 

sank in the Bering Sea, 120 nautical miles west of Dutch 

Harbor.  Five of the 47 people on board died, including one 

crewmember who was never located.  The wreckage lies at the 

bottom of the Bering Sea and was not examined. 

 

 

A summary of the findings of the Board's report is available 

on the NTSB's website at: 

http://ntsb.gov/Publictn/2009/MAR0905.htm.