Meet the Author - Captain Steven Craig, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (retired)

​"Captain Craig has accurately captured the riveting, untold story of CGC Jarvis...His writing encompasses the raw emotion and desperation of the crew, as we fought to prevent the ship from sinking and the most certain death of all onboard." --Commander Richard G. Brunke, USCG (Ret.)

​"The author makes you part of the crew, pulling you into peril with them." --CWO4 Paul C. Scotti, USCG (Ret.), author of Coast Guard Action in Vietnam

​"It is a fine piece of research and writing that should be required reading for anyone in a leadership position who is entrusted with ensuring the safe operations of a ship that operates in harm's way." --Rear Admiral Bobby Hollingsworth, USCG (Ret.), Second Commanding Officer of the CGC Jarvis

​Steven Craig is a retired Coast Guard Reserve Captain with over 38 years of both active and reserve service.

​About his book: All Present and Accounted For

​It was late November--one of the coldest periods to be on a ship near Alaska. The Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis had run aground during a severe storm and was taking on water. The engine room flooded, disabling the engines. Mountainous seas and gale force winds pounded the Jarvis, and to make matters worse, the ship was floating toward a rocky coastline that would surely destroy it and probably kill most, if not all, of the men.

​The ship's captain ordered an emergency message be sent to the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Office in Juneau requesting Coast Guard assistance. But there were no Coast Guard assets near enough to provide immediate help.

​At 7:04 p.m., for one of the few times in Coast Guard history, a MAYDAY call for help would come from a Coast Guard vessel.

​This is the incredible story of the grounding and near sinking of the USCGC Jarvis and how her crew fought to save their ship--and themselves--from disaster.