> seven dead after fishing vessel Lily Jean sinks off Cape Ann
More than a month after the 72-foot groundfish vessel Lily Jean sank 25 miles off Cape Ann, state and federal investigators are still working to determine what caused the loss of the Gloucester-based vessel and all seven people aboard.
The boat sank Jan. 30 without issuing a distress or mayday call.
https://www.nationalfisherman.com/lily-jean-loss-spurs-formal-investigation-as-fishing-community-rallies
BOSTON - Rear Adm. Michael Platt, commander of the Northeast District, has launched a district-level formal investigation concerning the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel LILY JEAN (O.N. 580932) and subsequent loss of seven lives on Jan. 30, 2026.
The search was suspended on Jan. 31 after all reasonable search efforts for the missing crewmembers had been exhausted.
At 6:50 a.m., on Jan. 30, the Coast Guard responded to an emergency position-indicating radio beacon activation from a fishing vessel 25 miles off the coast of Cape Ann. There were seven people onboard the LILY JEAN.
https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4394949/coast-guard-northeast-district-investigating-cause-of-fv-lily-jean-incident/