UNALASKA, Alaska — A Coast Guard panel today began its investigation into the sinking of the Alaska Ranger, with the lead officer outlining plans for an inquiry that will look at vessel operations and ...

Federal investigators on Tuesday grilled two officials of the company that owned a fishing vessel lost in the Bering Sea, asking about previous reports of drinking on board, rips in survival suits and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The fishing vessel that sank quickly off the Alaska coast was enrolled in a safety program but had not fully completed the requirements, a Coast Guard official said Thursday. The ...

As the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger sank to the bottom of the Bering Sea, crewman Byron Carrillo and 1st Assistant Engineer James Madruga struggled to stay afloat in the rough and frigid waves.

DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska -- Crewman Julio Morales had been working on the Alaska Ranger for less than a month when the alarm sounded, he said Sunday. At first, he didn't recognize the sound as the alarm ...

BOSTON -- The head of a firm that performed engineering work on a fishing trawler that sank in the Bering Sea, killing five crew members, told investigators Wednesday that the Alaska Ranger had a ...

Alaska Ranger crewman David Hull was warming himself in the galley when the bodies started to arrive. In the hours before, Hull and the rest had abandoned the fishing vessel as it sank off the ...

Rodney Lundy has a story to tell. He says he should have told it a lot sooner. As the Seattle-based Alaska Ranger prepared to head out to the Bering Sea to fish for Atka mackerel, Lundy, an assistant ...