Brandon Partridge, first mate of the “Great Pacific,” was steering the vessel back to Seattle for maintenance when the ship suddenly lost power.
SEATTLE — Five Washington fishermen are safe after a treacherous rescue operation in the Gulf of Alaska at the end of October, when their fishing vessel lost power as a storm was quickly approaching.
Brandon Partridge, first mate of the “Great Pacific,” was steering the vessel back to Seattle for maintenance when the ship’s propeller suddenly stopped working approximately 100 miles from shore. The crew faced 30-foot waves and wind gusts up to 70 mph as they drifted helplessly in some of the
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