Admiral Thad Allen Commandant U.S. Coast Guard 2100 Second Street, SW Washington, DC 20593-0001

摘要

On March 23, 2008, the U.S. fish processing vessel Alaska Ranger sank in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The vessel, a 35-year-old freezer-trawler owned by Fishing Company of Alaska, Inc., of Seattle, Washington, was part of the Seattle-based "head-and-gut" (H&G) fleet that operates in Alaskan waters. The Alaska Ranger had departed Dutch Harbor the day before to fish for mackerel at Petrel Bank, 500 miles to the west.