Project Lighthouse: Larger Passenger Ships and Their Coast Guard Inspection Records

Posted by Robert Frump Here’s a record of all available Coast Guard inspections of larger passenger ships through 2018.

Project Lighthouse: Ferry Boats and Ships and Their Coast Guard Inspection Records

p Here are the records of all available Coast Guard inspections of US ferry boats and ships into 2018. More

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Project Lighthouse: A List of Duck Boats and Other Amphibious Passenger Ships and their Coast Guard Inspection Records

Here’s a record of all available Coast Guard inspections of US amphibious ships into 2018.

Project Lighthouse: A List of All US Diving Vessels and their Coast Guard Inspection Records

Here’s a record of all available past Coast Guard inspections of US diving ships into 2018.

Dive Boat Conception

The “Conception” Chief Coast Guard Investigator has a Reputation for Courtesy to All — While Intensely Investigating Everything

The SS El Faro investigation seemed open and shut. The Captain steered his vessel directly into the path of Hurricane

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Coast Guard Bulletin Cautions Dive Ships and Small Passenger Vessels to Limit Charging Stations for Lithium Batteries

In the aftermath of the dive ship Conception tragedy, the US Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin

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Body Counts in Dive Boat and Duck Boat Tragedies Could Resolve Long Simmering Issues Between Coast Guard and NTSB Over Tougher Safety Standards for Small Passenger Vessels Used by Millions of People

The recent death tolls in dive boat and duck boat accidents may result in the NTSB and Coast Guard finally agreeing on tougher standards.

Dive Boat Conception

For 15 Years, the National Transportation Safety Board Has Warned the US Coast Guard That Preventive Maintenance Reforms Were Urgently Needed to Avoid Catastrophes Such as the Dive Ship “Conception”

For more than 15 years, the National Transportation Safety Board regularly has warned the US Coast Guard that it should urgently strengthen fire safety crew training and require preventive vessel maintenance programs to avoid small passenger ship fires such as the one that killed more than 30 people last week on the dive ship “Conception,” an in-depth look at NTSB records reveals.

Why Did the Dive Ship “Conception” Burn So Fast? The Express Shuttle II and the Science of “The Mother of All Bombs” May Provide Clues

How could the dive ship Conception, lost off the California coast last week, burn so hot and so quickly that

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“I Cover the Waterfront” Select Non-fiction Articles of Bob Frump, 1980-2008

I COVER THE WATERFRONT A Collection of Non-Fiction Articles 1980-2008  by Maritime Writer Robert R. Frump, These articles are collected

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