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In Remembrance: The Marine Electric Sank 38 Years Ago This Month, Changing Maritime Safety Forever. Here’s How It Happened

The Wreck of the Marine Electric, in February 1983, triggered a series of US Coast Guard reforms that changed maritime safety forever.

Contemporary Commentary / marine electric / maritime / shipwrecks

The “Sky Captains” of the NTSB Should Own Their Own “Walk of Shame” for Decades of Inaction in Major Merchant Marine Cases

Quite rightly, the NTSB and Congress have handed the Coast Guard some sharp public “dope slaps” this past week, pointing

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Contemporary Commentary / shipwrecks

Read Free Online: Until the Sea Shall Free Them: The Wreck of the SS Marine Electric.

 Here is the free online version of the Wreck of the SS Marine Electric.  In the wake of the tragic

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