Richard Paul Legary was 37 and serving as skipper of the 97-foot crab fishing vessel Vestfjord when the boat encountered a severe storm on January 29, 1989. The vessel was en route from Seattle to Dutch Harbor and sent a mayday about 30 miles south of the Trinity Islands, just west of Kodiak Island, reporting that accumulating ice had caused it to sink.

Legary was described as 5 feet 10 inches, about 185 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scar on his right ear. He was also known by several aliases: Dick Lagary, Richard Lagary, Richard Paul Le Gary, Dick Legary and Dick Legiere. Two crew members, Doug Harding and Bill Hodgins, were recovered; Legary and three others — Richard Kristovich, Daniel McDonald and Kevin Melnick — were never found.

The Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation under case number 890012334. Richard Legary remains officially listed as a missing person. Does anyone have information about the Vestfjord’s final voyage or the crew that could help fill in what happened?