Into the Icy Abyss: The Tragic Disappearance of Captain Jeffrey Hathaway and the F/V Destination

A Seasoned Mariner and His Ill-Fated Voyage

Captain Jeffrey Allen Hathaway, a seasoned 60-year-old fisherman from Seattle, Washington, was at the helm of the F/V Destination, a 98-foot crab fishing vessel. On February 11, 2017, Hathaway and his crew of five—Kai Hamik, Charles "Glenn" Jones, Lawrence "Larry" O'Grady, Darrik Seibold, and Raymond Vincler—embarked on a routine journey to harvest snow crab in the Bering Sea. The vessel departed Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, laden with 10,000 pounds of bait, and navigated towards the southern shore of St. George Island.

A Sudden and Silent Catastrophe

In the early hours of February 11, the Destination cleared the northwest corner of St. George Island and entered open waters en route to St. Paul, Alaska. At 6:14 a.m., the vessel's Automatic Identification System ceased transmitting. A minute later, the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon activated, signaling distress. The U.S. Coast Guard initiated a search and rescue operation, discovering only the EPIRB, a life ring, and some debris. Despite covering approximately 5,800 square miles over two and a half days, no survivors were found, and the crew was declared lost at sea. ...Read More

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