     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS A MEMBER OF A SHIP'S CREW OF "BERNUTH LINES".   HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON DECEMBER 7,1996 AT 1:00  AM., WHEN HE WAS OBSERVED BY A SECURITY GUARD AS HE WALKED TO HIS SHIP. HE APPEARED INTOXICATED AND WAS CARRYING A SIX-PACK OF BEER.  THE DECEASED WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND HAD COME BACK TO THE SHIP INTOXICATED, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.    AT 8:45 AM., THE DECEASED COULD NOT BE FOUND ON BOARD, AND THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN CALLED "911" AND POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED.  METRO DADE POLICE DIVERS LATER FOUND THE DECEASED IN TEN (10) FEET OF WATER.  ONE OF HIS SHOES WAS MISSING AND WAS LATER FOUND ON THE ROCKS BELOW THE GANG PLANK.   POLICE ON THE SCENE VIEWED THE DECEASED WITH TRAUMA TO TOP AND BACK OF HEAD. 