Larry T. Jones was 27 and from Sitka, Alaska, when he vanished at sea on October 26, 1994. He was one of five people aboard the 105-foot crabber F/V Fierce Competitor, which was en route from Warrenton, Oregon, to King Cove, Alaska, when it disappeared after a final communication that marked the start of a prolonged mystery.

Searchers eventually found the vessel’s life raft 450 miles southeast of Kodiak, about 50 miles from where an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon signal had been detected. No signs of life were observed on or around the raft, and severe weather prevented recovery efforts; the search was later suspended and the fate of Jones and the four others remains unknown.

If anyone has information about the Fierce Competitor’s last voyage or remembers seeing the vessel or debris in October 1994, please come forward.