Coast Guard, and Canadian Coast Guard forces. The search eventually covered over . On November 6, 1991, Andrea Gails emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was discovered washed up on the shore of Sable Island in Nova Scotia. The EPIRB was designed to automatically send out a distress signal upon contact with sea water, but the Canadian Coast Guard personnel who found the beacon "did not conclusively verify whether the control switch was in the on or off position". Authorities called off the search for the missing vessel on November 9, 1991, due to the low probability of crew survival. Fuel drums, a fuel tank, the EPIRB, an empty life raft, and some other flotsam were the only wreckage found. The ship was presumed lost at sea somewhere along the continental shelf near Sable Island. Crew All six of the crew were lost at sea. Frank William "Billy" Tyne Jr. (Captain), aged 37, Gloucester, Massachusetts Michael "Bugsy" Moran, aged 36, Bradenton Beach, Florida Dale R. "Murph" Murphy, aged 30, Bradenton Beach, Florida Alfred Pierre, aged 32, New York City Robert F. "Bobby" Shatford, aged 30, Gloucester, Massachusetts David "Sully" Sullivan, aged 29, New York City In the media The story of Andrea Gail and her crew inspired Sebastian Junger's 1997 book, The Perfect Storm, and a 2000 film of the same name. A ship similar to Andrea Gail, Lady Grace, was used during the filming of the movie. An illustrated nonfiction book about the disaster for middle-school-age youth, The Wreck of the Andrea Gail: Three Days of a Perfect Storm by Gillian Houghton, was published in 2003. A model of Andrea Gail built by Paul Gran is on display at the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester. References Further reading U.S. Investigation into the Disappearance of the Andrea Gail, U.S. Coast Guard Lost at sea report, City of Gloucester Government External links Andrea Gail MFV on the wrecksite Image of the pilot house Image of the refrigerated storage area Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Fishing ships of the United States Maritime incidents in 1991 1978 ships 1991 Perfect Storm Marblehead, Massachusetts Ships lost with all hands Missing ships Sable Island Ships built in Panama City, Florida