Sinking of Commercial fishing vessel Mary Kay

What Happened

​On July 26, 2012, about 2300 Alaska daylight time, the commercial fishing vessel Mary Kay sank as a result of flooding in the starboard fish hold, the lazarette, and the engine room. The sinking took place in Dixon Entrance, near Cape Chacon, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The four crewmembers safely abandoned the vessel and were rescued. 

What We Found

​We bdetermined that the probable cause of the ​sinking of the Mary Kay was the captain’s failure to identify and correct the source(s) of the through-hull leaks.  

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