The Last Remaining SS El Faro Mystery Four Years Later: What in the World Happened to the Civil Charges Against Tote?

The Coast Guard has been at its nimble and frisky best these days. It’s been jumping on to min-submarines to

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News Summary: Recent Posts, Podcasts, Articles and Books

Here’s a summary of recent posts and a few also pulled from the “evergreen” file. If you’ve not read about

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Four Years After the Loss of the SS El Faro, the Coast Guard has Forced a Reckoning Over America’s Rust Bucket Merchant Marine and Sent Shivers Through the Military “Unready Reserve”

Nearly four years after the loss of the SS El Faro and her crew of 33 on October 1, 2015,

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In a Major Military Command “Turbo Test” of Maritime Readiness, Two Old Rust Buckets Strive to Answer the Call

Two of the 28 ships called up in a critical “Turbo Test” of military sealift capabilities this month have among

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How a World Class Coast Guard Rescuer Sank a DUKW — And Still Pulled Off an Extraordinary Rescue

Bernie Webber, the famous Coast Guardsman who led the rescue of the SS Pendleton crew, and whose story was told

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Hey Sailor, Wanna Good Time at the Jean Shop?

Posted by Robert Frump (Here’s one of my favorite pieces circa 1980. I remember the time frame because I had just

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“Project Lighthouse:” Passenger, Duck Boat, Ferry and Dive Ship Coast Guard Safety Records Now — Searchable Online. Plus “Ships of Interest List” for Merchant Marine Ships

The loss of the SS El Faro — translated from Spanish as The Lighthouse — prompted the US Coast Guard

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Project Lighthouse: Passenger Ships with Coast Guard Boarding Priorities

Here’s a sorting of Coast Guard inspections data shows that these passenger ships have Coast Guard computer generated boarding priorities

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Project Lighthouse: All Vessels with Coast Guard Ship Boarding Priority List

Posted by Robert Frump Here is a sorting of all ships with Coast Guard computer generated boarding priorities assigned.

Is Criminally Charging the “Conception” Dive Ship Crew Justice? Or Just Papering Over the Enablement of Death Traps?

“Snoozing crew raises specter of criminal charge in boat fire” was the headline of an AP story this week and if

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