ALASKA — The Coast Guard has identified the seven crew members of a fishing vessel that sank near Sutwik Island, Alaska, five of which are still missing.

The Coast Guard said Thursday the five missing are: Gary Cobban Jr. (Master), David Lee Cobban, Arthur Ganacias, Brock Rainey, and Seth Rousseau-Gano.

Two survivors identified as Dean Gribble Jr. and John Lawler were rescued from a life raft by a Jayhawk helicopter.

One of the survivors said the crew went from “sleeping to swimming in about 10 minutes” as rough seas and icing threatened to sink their boat. Gribble said in a YouTube video that they faced deadly conditions in the New Year’s Eve storm.

The Coast Guard is investigating the cause. Cobban’s ex-girlfriend, Jeri Lynn Smith, told the Anchorage Daily News that he called her about two hours before the boat sank and the conditions hadn’t seemed to worry him.

The Scandies Rose is a 130-foot steel crab fishing vessel based out of Dutch Harbor, with business operations supporting it in Seattle.

A mayday call went out before it sank, sparking the rescue effort, and a call to other vessels in the area to assist.

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