The crew of a Kodiak-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue four crewmen from the fishing vessel Northern Belle 50 miles south of Monatgue Island in the Gulf of Alaska April 20, 2010.

The Northern Belle crew issued a mayday call and abandoned the 75-foot Seattle-based vessel into the chilly waters of the Gulf of Alaska shortly after 5:30 p.m.

The Captain died from a head injury while leaving the boat on Tuesday as it turned on its side on the Gulf of Alaska 50 miles south of Montague Island.