3 Disasters
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| USCG photo Courtesy of Ernie Ritzmann |
SHIP FIRE
July 16, 1962
The contributor does not remember the name of the ship but it is close to the rock jetty for Southwest pass Mississippi
River. Along with the two tugs assisting can be seen CG82311 (later renamed POINT VERDE).
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BEAR
MARCH 19, 1963
The former U.S. Coast Guard cutter BEAR on her last voyage just before sinking 90 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia
March 19, 1963. The tough, one-time sealing vessel and icebreaker had defied crunching ice in 45 Arctic voyages and twice
took Admiral Richard E. Byrd to the Antarctic.
The vessel, built in 1874, was being towed from Halifax to Philadelphia where it was to be converted into a floating restaurant
and museum. USCG)
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