Monrovia wreck

Post a reply

BBCode is ON
[img] is ON
[url] is ON
Smilies are OFF
Topic review
   

If you wish to attach one or more files enter the details below.

Maximum filesize per attachment: 3 MiB.

Expand view Topic review: Monrovia wreck

Re: Monrovia wreck

by middlerouge » June 25, 2014, 9:48 pm

Brian Ferguson wrote:I saw the Monrovia mentioned in the "This date in history" part of the news. This piqued my curiosity of the wreck and i was reading the Coast Guard report where she had no pilot and even worse no radar! In 1959 how many vessels were still operating on the lakes without radar? I know in the Scotiadoc and Burlington had radar when they collided in 1953 but they were both Lakers. Was this common for Salties of the era?
Sounds suprising that they wouldn't have any radar. It came into existence nearly 20 years prior during early battles in WWII.

Monrovia wreck

by Brian Ferguson » June 25, 2014, 9:52 am

I saw the Monrovia mentioned in the "This date in history" part of the news. This piqued my curiosity of the wreck and i was reading the Coast Guard report where she had no pilot and even worse no radar! In 1959 how many vessels were still operating on the lakes without radar? I know in the Scotiadoc and Burlington had radar when they collided in 1953 but they were both Lakers. Was this common for Salties of the era?

Top