The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Hubbard, carrying 24 crew and 110 passengers, diverted to assist the Wind Walker. Within an hour of the mayday call, state officials say, the ferry captain described 50-knot winds out of the north, driving snow, freezing spray and 6- to 8-foot waves.

Coast Guard District 17 headquarters said today that next of kin of the five persons missing in the sinking of the F/V Wind Walker early Sunday have been notified, and the agency released the names this afternoon: Travis Kapp,

Five people are missing after a fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden, Alaska, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it’s searching for five people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in rough weather and cold seas southwest of Alaska's capital city of Juneau.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it’s searching for five people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in rough weather and cold seas southwest of Alaska's capital city of Juneau.

The crew of the 50-foot Wind Walker sent a mayday call that their ship was capsizing at around 12:07 a.m. on Sunday.

The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its search for five people who went missing after a fishing boat capsized near Point Couverden, Alaska, it said Monday.

Empty survival suits have been found in the icy waters of southeast Alaska, but there's no sign of the five crew members of the fishing boat that likely capsized early Sunday morning

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of the five fishermen who went missing off the southeast Alaska coast.

A fishing boat reportedly capsized in southeast Alaska over the weekend. The Coast Guard searched for nearly 24 hours in efforts to find the fishing vessel Wind Walker in the Gulf of Alaska. The boat’s crew called in a Mayday early Sunday morning saying it was overturning in the water about 20 miles southwest of Juneau.