On July 13 1973 two Soviet BMRT stern trawlers collided in the fog off southern Oregon. The SEZD VLKSM sank without loss of life and the NAKHODKA had to be towed into. Coos Bay, Oregon for temporary repairs to its bow... "15 SYEZD VLKSM" Russian, motor stern trawling factory ship, USSR, 1966, U.S.S.R., 3,170.
The Russian motor stern trawling factory ship "15 Syezd VLKSM", registered at the Soviet Far Eastern port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, sank following a collision in dense fog with the Russian stern trawling factory ship "Nakhodka" off the Oregon coast about 25 miles south-west of Heceta Head on July 13, 1973. All her crew members were safely picked up. (from Maritime Casualties 1963-1996 by N.Hooke) http://soviet-trawler.narod.ru/main_en/list5sov.html#15_SYEZD_VLKSM

Photo of the captain of the trawler "NAKHODKA"