David Arthur Strom was 33 when he disappeared at sea on February 27, 1990. He was aboard the fishing vessel F/V J. Aus with crewmembers Mickey Aus and Tracy Hill while en route from Blaine, Washington, to King Cove, Alaska. The vessel was last seen near Glennallen, Alaska, before it sank in severe winter conditions.

A large search and rescue effort followed, but crews faced 60-knot winds and waves up to 27 feet. Searchers recovered a life raft, an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon and a single survival suit about 70 miles southeast of Cordova, near Cape Suckling. No bodies or significant wreckage were found, and the three men are presumed deceased with the circumstances of the sinking unresolved.

Does anyone have information about the final voyage of the F/V J. Aus or recollections from the area during that winter that could shed light on what happened?