desc=While under tow from Seattle, Washington, to Tyee, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of 27,500 pounds (12,474 kg) of salted herring, salt, and barrels, the 365-ton barge drifted onto rocks, was stranded, and then sank 4 nautical miles north of Gambier Island (coord) in Southeast Alaska after her towline parted in a gale.