William James Tugman was 29 when he went missing from the fishing vessel Danube during a crabbing trip in the Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, on October 30, 1986. He was aboard with the vessel’s owner, William Scott Lewis, and another crewmember, Tom Kelly; the three were last seen near Marmion Island before the Danube disappeared.

Wreckage from the Danube washed ashore on Douglas and Admiralty Islands as search and rescue teams scoured the channel. No sign of Tugman, Lewis, or Kelly was ever recovered, and authorities concluded the men had perished at sea. The disappearance left their families and the Juneau maritime community with enduring uncertainty and loss.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Tugman or crew members around late October 1986 who hasn’t spoken up yet?