Marine Accident Report: Fire on Board the U.S. Fish Processing Vessel Alaska Spirit, Seward, Alaska, May 27, 1995

About 0200 on May 27, 1995, the U.S. fish processing vessel ALASKA SPIRIT caught fire and burned while moored alongside a dock at the Seward Marine Industrial Center, Seward, Alaska. Firefighters extinguished the fire at 1100. The master of the vessel died, and damage to the vessel was estimated at $3 million.