James Michael Miller, known as Jim, was 36 when he was last seen in Kodiak, Alaska, on March 14, 1988, before sailing aboard the 56-foot trawler George W. The vessel sank while transiting between the Shelikof Strait and the Uyak Bay area; two fellow crew members were later found dead in a life raft near Chignik. No trace of James or the George W was ever recovered.

James is described as having red/auburn hair and blue eyes. The Alaska State Troopers list him as a missing person and the case remains open. With no wreckage to examine and no survivor accounts, the exact circumstances of the sinking and James’s fate are unknown.

If anyone sailed with James or has information about the George W’s final voyage, please share what is known.