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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada states that "The United States fishing vessel "Courageous", which was proceeding from Gig Harbour, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska, at the start of the fishing season, capsized in the early hours of 20 June 1995 while transiting Johnstone Strait. The vessel is believed to have been caught in a tide rip off Edith Point. As the capsizing was sudden and unexpected, only a partial distress message could be broadcast. One of the six crew members, who was sleeping in a bunk within the forecastle, was trapped in the capsized hull and lost his life. The vessel was salvaged and taken to Campbell River, B.C. It was docked and readied for towing to the United States, where it was subsequently taken. " "The "Courageous" is a single-screw, steel, purse seiner. There is a raked stem, good sheer and a transom stern. The house is well forward and, inside it, there is a narrow spiral ladder on the starboard side leading to the engine-room and the forecastle space which has four bunks, two on each side. This ladder is the only escape from the forecastle area. A step ladder, also inside the house, leads up to the lower stateroom, which houses the master's bunk. The main wheel-house, which is above this level, was added to the vessel by a previous owner some time after this vessel was built, thus increasing the height of the accommodation. A fish hold, with a raised aluminium hatchway which is non-watertight, is situated abaft the house. Further aft, there is a lazarette accessed by a flush aluminium deck plate which can be locked watertight onto the deck. The deck equipment consists of an A-frame support with cross-tree saddle for stabilizer poles. Abaft the house, there is a steel mast with a boom and power travelling block. The boom and deck winch were replaced in 1993 and several other modifications were subsequently carried out to the forecastle and engine-room. The power travelling block on the boom was modified in 1994, and this was the first season it was to be used. No stability tests were carried out following the structure modifications. "