A former Elma resident and postmaster in Grays Harbor communities has released his third nonfiction book, titled “All Present and Accounted For: The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship.”

Retired Coast Guard Reserve captain Steven J. Craig’s latest effort is the true story of an incident that occurred during a severe storm in November 1972, with “mountainous seas and gale force winds” running the boat aground off the coast of Alaska. Its engines disabled by flooding, it was being pushed toward a rocky coastline. With no aid immediately available, the crew rose to the occasion. All of them survived the harrowing experience.

Craig is a longtime resident of Western Washington, having served as postmaster in Tokeland and Oakville with short post office details in Grayland and Westport. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 2005 and now lives near Olympia with his wife.

His book, published by Hellgate Press, is available through online outlets. On Amazon.com, the hardback edition is listed for $29.95; paperback, $16.44; and Kindle, $5.99.