''Akebono Maru No. 28'' was a Japanese
fishing trawler
A fishing trawler is a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls. Trawling is a method of fishing that involves actively dragging or pulling a trawl through the water behind one or more trawlers. Trawls are fishing nets tha ...
that capsized on 5 January 1982. The
Minerals Management Service
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) was an agency of the United States Department of the Interior that managed the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf (OCS).
Due to perceived conflict of intere ...
of
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...
reported she sank north of the
Adak and notes it at the top of its list of "Alaska's Ten Worst Shipping Losses
In The Last 20 Years". In total, 32 people died.
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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
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Fishing vessels of Japan
Maritime incidents in 1982
Shipwrecks in the Bering Sea
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