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U.S. Fishing Vessel Disappears Beneath the Bering Sea

Two crewmen were dead and 13 missing Monday after a U.S. fishing vessel vanished in the icy Bering Sea in what could be Alaska's worst fishing disaster, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Arctic Rose, a 92-ft. (28-m) vessel harvesting rock sole, sank in rough seas about 200 miles northwest of St. Paul Island, the Coast Guard said. The island, about 850 miles southwest of Anchorage, is a hub for the Bering Sea groundfish industry. Crewmen from a sister vessel also fishing in the area, Alaskan Rose, recovered the bodies of the accident's two known victims, the Coast Guard said. Alaskan Rose continued to search for survivors Monday. The Coast Guard, which received emergency signals from the fishing vessel beginning at 3:30 a.m., dispatched a search airplane, a helicopter and rescue ships to the site.