Happy Birthday, Captain Deb Dempsey

from The Ship Report · host Joanne Rideout

This week we’re celebrating the birthday of legendary ship captain and maritime pilot Captain Deborah Dempsey. She was a Columbia River Bar Pilot for decades here in Astoria. She sailed around the world as the master of big ships. And from her admission into the Maine Maritime Academy in the 1970s to her hiring as […] The post Happy Birthday, Captain Deb Dempsey appeared first on The Ship Report.

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