Coast Guard identifies 7 victims on board Gloucester commercial fishing boat that sank off Massachusetts

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of 7 radical who died aboard a Gloucester, Massachusetts, commercialized sportfishing vessel that sank Friday successful frigid waters 25 miles disconnected Cape Ann.

Coast Guard watchstanders received an exigency presumption indicating a vigor beacon (EPIRB) alert astatine astir 6:50 a.m. Friday registered to the 72-foot commercialized sportfishing vas Lily Jean.

USCG crews attempted to interaction the boat, and aft getting nary response, issued an urgent marine accusation broadcast (UMIB), according to officials.

Multiple aircraft, cutters and tiny boats searched 1,047 square miles implicit 24 hours, uncovering debris adjacent the determination wherever the EPIRB was activated, on with 1 assemblage and an unoccupied beingness raft that had been deployed.

A crucifix, made by a person of the skipper of the sportfishing vessel Lily Jean, is displayed successful Gloucester, Mass., connected the pier astatine the homeport of the commercialized trawler that sank disconnected the seashore with 7 radical connected board. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Search and rescue ngo coordinators, on-scene commanders and the Coast Guard determined on Saturday each tenable hunt efforts for the missing unit members had been exhausted.

The unit members presumed dormant person been identified as: skipper Accursio "Gus" Sanfilippo; crew subordinate Paul Beal Sr.; crew subordinate Paul Beal Jr.; unit subordinate John Rousanidis; unit subordinate Freeman Short; unit subordinate Sean Therrien; and NOAA fisheries observer Jada Samitt.

Sanfilippo, a fifth-generation commercialized fisherman, and his unit were featured successful a 2012 occurrence of the History Channel amusement "Nor’Easter Men," highlighting a sportfishing expedition successful unsafe upwind conditions, The Associated Press reported. 

Christine Porper of Gloucester, Mass., pauses astatine the fisherman's memorial, Monday, adjacent the homeport of the sportfishing vessel Lily Jean that sank with 7 unit connected board. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Rear Adm. Michael Platt, commander of the Coast Guard Northeast District, has directed a district-level formal investigation, which is typically launched for incidents of "significant determination importance" oregon those that whitethorn uncover broader issues with a people of vas oregon areas of method concern.

Lt. Cmdr. Brett Igo, Coast Guard Northeast District investigation oversight coordinator, volition service arsenic the pb investigating officer, receiving grounds and grounds utilizing ceremonial rules and procedures.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will besides enactment successful the investigation.

Authorities are investigating aft a sportfishing vessel disappeared disconnected the seashore of Gloucester, Mass., connected Friday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Based connected its findings, the incidental whitethorn beryllium reviewed by a Marine Board of Investigation (MBI).

"The intent of a Coast Guard probe is to identify measures that tin amended the information of beingness and spot astatine sea, not to delegate civilian oregon transgression blame," the Coast Guard wrote successful a statement.

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The probe is expected to instrumentality respective months to complete.

The Coast Guard declined to reply further inquiries from Fox News Digital.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.