The vessel capsized and sank on January 15, 2005, in the Bering Sea in an area 70 miles (110 km) west of Saint Paul Island, Alaska.

The vessel's Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station (EPIRB) went off around 8:00am AST (UTC−9), at the beginning of the 2005 opilio crab hunting season.

Three fishing vessels (FV Cornelia Marie, FV Maverick and Sea Rover), United States Coast Guard ship USCGC Sherman,[1] the Alaska state patrol boat Stimson, and a Coast Guard helicopter out of Saint Paul Island were involved in the search.

[2] The survivor was taken to Kodiak, Alaska, and ultimately recovered, gave authorities his account of the event, clearing up details of the night.

She left Dutch Harbor in Unalaska, Alaska, for her final trip with 55 pots and 13,000 lb (5,900 kg) of bait, more than three times the amount allowed, according to the Coast Guard investigation.