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Title: Fish Processing Vessel Alaska Ranger


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Fish Processing Vessel Alaska Ranger
  • March 23, 2008

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Presentations
  • Accident sequence emergency response
  • Flooding of the vessel
  • Propulsion system
  • Fishing vessel regulations

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Accident Overview
  • Liam LaRue

5
Investigative Team
  • Liam LaRue, IIC/Survival Factors
  • Brian Curtis, Engineering
  • Eric Stolzenberg, Naval Architecture
  • Bill Woody, Operations
  • Barry Strauch, Project Manager
  • Jon Furukawa, Research
  • Charlotte Cox, Writer/Editor
  • Don Eick, Meteorology
  • Mike Brown, Safety Recommendations

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Presenters
  • Accident Overview, L. LaRue
  • Stability and Flooding, E. Stolzenberg
  • Propulsion System, E. Stolzenberg
  • Regulatory Environment, L. LaRue

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Alaska Ranger
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Operations
  • Fishing Company of Alaska (FCA)
  • 6 other vessels
  • 250 employees
  • Operations manager, FCA
  • Port engineer, Transmarine
  • North Pacific Resources

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Crewmembers
Fishing Company of Alaska North Pacific Resources National Marine Fisheries Service
Master Fishmaster Observers (2)
Mate Factory techs (4) --
Chief engineer -- --
Assistant engineers (2) -- --
Cooks (2) -- --
Steward -- --
Processors (32) -- --
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Intended Journey
11
On-scene Weather
  • Swells 20-25 feet
  • Winds from the northwest
  • 26 knots
  • Gusts to 34 knots
  • Snow squalls
  • Water 35 degrees

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Accident Timeline
  • 0230 Flooding identified
  • 0246 Mayday call to Coast Guard
  • 0254 Loss of steering
  • 0310 Suspected rudder loss
  • 0332 Loss of electrical power
  • 0402 Planning to abandon ship
  • 0430 Last contact with vessel

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Evacuation
  • Crew donned immersion suits
  • Inflatable liferafts

Photo Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
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Inflatable Liferafts
  • Movement astern prevented crew from entering rafts

15
Emergency Response
  • Coast Guard Communications Station Kodiak
  • RCC Juneau
  • Alaska Warrior

C-130
Jayhawk
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St. Paul Island
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Emergency Response
Photo Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
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Emergency Response
  • Coast Guard aircraft
  • Rescued 20
  • One deceased
  • Alaska Warrior
  • Rescued 22
  • Three deceased
  • One not recovered

Photo Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
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Drug and Alcohol Testing
  • Conducted on deceased
  • Not conducted on survivors on the Alaska Warrior
  • Alcohol use reported during Marine Board
    testimony

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