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Salt, Steel, and Silence: The Vanishing of Gordon Young and the F/V Fierce Competitor
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Salt, Steel, and Silence: The Vanishing of Gordon Young and the F/V Fierce Competitor
Posted by admin on August 20, 2025, 19:49 154 0

Overview: An 18-Year-Old From Sitka Who Never Came Home

Gordon John Young was just 18 when he vanished at sea during a coastal transit that has haunted Alaska’s maritime community for three decades. Official listings place Young’s last known contact in late October 1994, when the crab vessel F/V Fierce Competitor disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska. The case endures in state and federal databases as unresolved, with Young still recorded as missing from Sitka, Alaska.

The Last Voyage: Warrenton to King Cove

According to multiple case summaries, the Fierce Competitor was traveling a long route from Warrenton, Oregon, to King Cove, Alaska, when it was lost somewhere in the Gulf of Alaska. No survivors from the listed crew were found. Accounts describing the transit and loss have remained consistent over time: the boat left the Lower 48 for the Aleutians and vanished en route....Read More

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