Alaska Shipwrecks 2000 – 2030

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2004

December

08 MV Selendang-Ayu a motor vessel that sank.

2005

January

15 FV Big Valley a vessel that sank.

2008

March

23 FV Alaska Ranger a vessel that sank. Shewas a fishing factory shipowned and operated by the Fishing Company of Alaska of Seattle, WA The ship was constructed in 1973 for use as an oil field service vessel. She sank after reporting progressive flooding only hours earlier. Of the 47 on board, 42 were rescued. Of the five fatalities, four were recovered dead, and one was never found. The Coast Guard was initially misinformed about the number of persons on board the vessel, and secured the search with one crew member still unaccounted for. After realizing there was still one person missing, the Coast Guard reinstated the search, but did not find the crew member.

2010

April

20 FV Northern Belle a vessel that sank.

2017

February

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