Marine Electric Mayhem
from Danger on Delmarva Hosted by Ronda Frani Jefferson
Today we explore the sinking of SS Marine Electric and the sweeping reforms that were made by this accident, saving thousands of lives (literally one example is a total of 21,000 lives!) and becoming one of the most important investigations in US Maritime History. Contact: [email protected] (1) Danger on Delmarva | Facebook or search for @dangerondelmarva on Facebook Assateague Ponies Petition: https://www.change.org/p/u-s-national-park-services-speed-bumps-on-assateague-to-protect-the-ponies Sources: Link to Disasters at Sea episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8905874/ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/USCG_Marine_Casualty_Report_on_SS_Marine_Electric.pdf https://maritimecyprus.com/2020/02/15/flashback-in-maritime-history-sinking-of-ss-marine-electric-12-february-1983-video-2/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Marine_Electric https://www.weatherbug.com/news/On-This-Day-in-1983-Megapolitan-Blizzard https://www.weather.gov/rlx/feb83 https://jayseaarchaeology.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/modern-shipwrecks-ss-marine-electric/
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