On September 30, 1984, 22-year-old Philip E. Odonoghue of Kodiak, Alaska, went missing after the 48-foot wooden fishing vessel Curlew foundered and sank while towing the Kelly Ann near the southeast tip of Atkins Island and Koniuju Island in the Shumagin Islands. Philip was aboard the Curlew with his brother Geoffrey Odonoghue and David Miller Jr. The Kelly Ann’s crew cut the towline as the Curlew was going down, started their engine, steered away from nearby rocks and were able to pull one survivor, Ray Miller, from the water.

Philip, Geoffrey and David Miller Jr. were lost to the sea and their bodies were never recovered. The Alaska State Troopers handled the incident and the men are presumed to have perished in the sinking.

Does anyone have memories of the Curlew, the Kelly Ann, or the men involved that could shed further light on what happened that day?