Steve Howard Chaney, 47, and his friend Richard David Hambrick left the South Harbor Boat Ramp at Oak Island, North Carolina, around 11:30 a.m. on a summer day in August 2017 for a fishing trip aboard a 22-foot center console Trophy. They were expected back by nightfall but never returned, prompting a large search and rescue operation after one man’s wife reported them missing.

The U.S. Coast Guard, the Navy and partner agencies searched by boat, helicopter and C-130 despite an approaching tropical system that produced rough seas and strong winds. A few days later crews found the pair’s boat—unoccupied—about 15 miles east of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. The search focused on waters from Charleston to Myrtle Beach but no sign of Chaney or Hambrick was ever located.

The Oak Island Police Department handled the investigation, and both men remain missing. If anyone was on the water that day or remembers seeing the boat after it left Oak Island, please share what was seen or any information that could help.