Anton Kochergin, Jr was 18 when he disappeared from the Bering Sea on April 21, 1987. An Alaska Native, he was aboard the 93-foot crab fishing boat Jamie Lynn while it was being towed from St. Paul to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The vessel sank about 90 miles north of Dutch Harbor during the tow; Anton and two crewmates, skipper 30-year-old Christopher Clark and 23-year-old Isaac Zacharof, vanished and were never recovered.

The Jamie Lynn had been damaged months earlier when a November 30, 1986 gale on St. Paul broke it from its moorings and left it grounded. The Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation into the April sinking, but specific details about how the tow failed or the circumstances of the crew members’ disappearances are not publicly detailed. No wreckage or remains have been reported recovered, and the families have not received closure.

Does anyone have memories of the Jamie Lynn, the Long Harbor tow, or information about the April 21, 1987 sinking that could help clarify what happened?