Keithley Young, 30, was a crewmember aboard the 105-foot crabber F/V Fierce Competitor when the vessel vanished in the Gulf of Alaska in autumn 1994. On October 26, 1994, the boat was en route from Warrenton, Oregon, to King Cove, Alaska, with four other people aboard: Larry Jones, Gordon Young, Vicki Rowe-Simonsen, and Robert Simonsen. An EPIRB signal led searchers to the vessel’s life raft about 450 miles southeast of Kodiak and roughly 50 miles from where the beacon signal began, but severe weather prevented retrieval and no signs of life were seen on or near the raft.

Keithley was described as having blond or strawberry hair, blue eyes, a scar on his abdomen and another on his lower lip. He was believed to be wearing dark jeans, long johns, rubber boots or fisherman slippers, and a gold wedding band. The Alaska State Troopers investigated, but no wreckage or survivors were recovered and the fate of the Fierce Competitor remains unknown.

Does anyone have memories of Keithley, the other crewmembers, or information about that voyage that could help clarify what happened?