The Akebono Maru (officially registered Akebono Maru No. 28) was a Japanese fishing trawler that capsized on January 5, 1982. The Minerals Management Service of Alaska reported she sank 50 miles north of the Adak and notes it at the top of its list of "Alaska's Ten Worst Shipping LossesIn The Last 20 Years". In total, 32 people died. The Akebono Maru was also the name of a Japanese oil tanker damaged on June 3, 1942 during the Battle of Midway and sunk in shallow water on March 30, 1944 off Ngeruktabel, Palau. She was re-floated in 1957, but sank under tow during a storm.