David Charles Parkes was 34 when he and five crew members vanished from the F/V St. George in early January 1992. The 94-foot crab vessel left Dutch Harbor on January 2 for the Bering Sea crab grounds and was last heard from near Cold Bay before all communication ceased. Parkes was described as White/Caucasian, 5 feet 10 inches, about 185 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and dimples on both cheeks; he may have been wearing a gold necklace with a long chain.

Search and rescue efforts followed. The vessel itself was never recovered; the only items found were the ship’s emergency position indicating radio beacon and an empty life raft, located on January 5, 1992, roughly 152 to 165 nautical miles north of Unimak Pass. The Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation on January 7, 1992, but with no survivors or wreckage to examine, the exact circumstances remain unknown.

Does anyone have information about the St. George’s final voyage or remember sightings in the Cold Bay area that January?