UPDATE: This story has been updated after initial reports said one man was rescued.

Three fishermen were killed Tuesday after their boat capsized in high surf while trying to cross the Yaquina Bay bar near Newport, authorities say.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it was notified shortly after 10 p.m. by the Oregon State Police that the commercial fishing vessel Mary B II had capsized with three people aboard. Crews began a search near the entrance to Yaquina Bay on the central Oregon coast while battling 12- to 14-foot seas, according to the Coast Guard.

The trio had been out crabbing for three days, were returning to port with their haul and their boat capsized after requesting an escort from the Coast Guard, the agency said.

The hull of the boat was later found near the North Jetty and 100 yards offshore. The Coast Guard said its investigating the capsizing.

Rescuers pulled James Lacey, 48, of South Toms River, New Jersey, from the water and took him to a hospital, but he was pronounced dead. The search continued for the remaining two fisherman, and about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday the Newport Fire Department found Joshua Porter, 50, of Toledo, Oregon, dead on the beach near Nye Beach.

The boat ran aground near the north side of the Yaquina Bay North Jetty, the Oregon State Police said in a news release. The boat’s skipper, Stephen Biernacki, 50, of Barnegat Township, New Jersey, was found dead with the boat.

— Jim Ryan; jryan@oregonian.com; 503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

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