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Randall Scott Janisch, 35, a Ketchikan mariner, vanished after the tug May reportedly rolled over and sank while pulling a tow of floating logs at the mouth of Farragut Bay in Frederick Sound on November 21, 1992. He was last seen wearing jeans and a flannel shirt. The tug went down in roughly 300 feet of water; three of the four crew were taken with the vessel while one person escaped.

About 7,000 gallons of diesel were aboard and leaked immediately, producing a sheen that complicated the scene. The Coast Guard conducted an extensive search for about ten days but found no trace of Janisch or the two other crew members who remained missing. The sunken tug was never recovered and no remains were located.

Janisch is remembered as an experienced mariner lost in Alaska waters. Does anyone have information about the May, its crew, or sightings in Farragut Bay around that date?