Kenneth Richard Kivlin was 54 and a fisherman from Dillingham, Alaska when he disappeared on April 2, 2001. He was one of fifteen crewmen aboard the 92-foot trawler F/V Arctic Rose, which was operating about 200 miles northwest of St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea when the vessel vanished.

An emergency position-indicating radio beacon went off in the early morning but there was no distress call. Responders found a small debris field, an oil slick and a single empty life raft; the ship itself had sunk rapidly. The only body ever recovered from the incident was the captain’s. The Coast Guard searched extensively but no trace of Kenneth or the other crewmen was found. The NTSB and Coast Guard investigations said the exact cause of the sinking could not be definitively determined, though the vessel had known stability problems.

If anyone knew Kenneth, served aboard the Arctic Rose, or has information related to that voyage, please share what is known.