​On October 2, 2023, about 0600 local time, the fishing vessel Christian G was anchored in the Gulf of Mexico about 70 miles southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, when the captain discovered the engine room was flooding. For the next 19 hours, the three-person crew of the Christian G and the crew of the Good Samaritan fishing vessel Kenneth Holt attempted to stop the flooding, but they were unsuccessful. The crew of the Christian G ultimately abandoned ship and transferred to the fishing vessel Miss Hilary. On October 5, about 1000, the Christian G sank. There were no injuries. An oil sheen was observed at the site of the sinking. The lost cargo of bagged shrimp had an estimated value of $150,000, and the Christian G, which was declared a total loss, had an estimated value of $795,000.

We determined that the probable cause of the sinking of the Christian G was flooding into the engine room—possibly caused by steel hull plating deterioration.