Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of one Wrangell man have been retrieved from an overturned vessel southwest of Wrangell on Monday by a Wrangell search and rescue team.

On Sunday, troopers say that 53-year-old Randall Ferdinand “was attempting to navigate his vessel during a storm at sea which resulted in the vessel crashing into rocks in shallow water,” 12 miles southwest of Wrangell.

The report came in at 2:24 pm on Sunday that a vessel had overturned and USCG and Wrangell search and Rescue launched. By 3 pm search and rescue were on the scene and the 32-foot vessel was laying on its side and grounded.

Wrangell SAR remained on scene to wait for low tide and two Ketchikan based AWT Troopers on the P/V Loyalty responded to assist. At 1 am, Ferdinand’s remains were retrieved from the vessel.

His remains have been turned over to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage and Ferdinand’s next-of-kin were notified.