Robert William Davis, Jr. was 26 when he went down with the Aleutian Enterprise on March 22, 1990. The 162-foot factory trawler capsized and sank about 60 miles south of Saint Paul Island while hauling a large net near Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Thirty-one crew were aboard; 22 survived after nearby fishing boats answered the distress call. Davis was among nine crew who disappeared into the Bering Sea, listed with Nelo Marciel, Joseph Alaimo, Matthew Schneider, Jeffrey Houston, Javier Valenzuela, David Jefferies, John Dieterich, and Robert McCord.

Investigators faulted multiple safety failures: hull openings without watertight closures that allowed progressive flooding on the processing deck, a reportedly malfunctioning general alarm bell, survival gear stored in inaccessible locations, blocked emergency exits, and inadequate crew training and oversight by Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corporation. The Coast Guard also found the captain delayed ordering abandonment. Does anyone have memories of the Aleutian Enterprise or knew Robert Davis Jr. and his crew?