Sounds suprising that they wouldn't have any radar. It came into existence nearly 20 years prior during early battles in WWII.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?
Monrovia wreck
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Re: Monrovia wreck
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Brian Ferguson
Monrovia wreck
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?