Clifford Dalton Stigall, 32, vanished into the sea off Kodiak on November 30, 1981, while serving as deck boss aboard the 138-foot scallop trawler F/V St. Patrick. The vessel encountered a severe storm with winds over 65 knots; a 25-foot wave smashed the wheelhouse, the ship took on water and lost power, and the acting captain ordered the crew to abandon ship about five miles east of Marmot Island.

There were twelve people aboard but only nine survival suits; three men entered 40-degree water wearing only life jackets. Stigall, wearing an orange Bayley survival suit, entered the water and was never found. Two survivors were later rescued from Marmot Island; eight bodies were recovered from the sea and shore, but Stigall and fellow crewman Gary Stallings remain missing and their fates are officially unknown.

Were there witnesses, log entries, or physical evidence from the St. Patrick that could shed more light on what happened that night?