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SS Marine Electric was a 605-foot bulk carrier that sank on 12 February 1983, about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia, in 130 feet of water.Thirty-one of the 34 crew members lost their life due to hypothermia; the three survivors endured 90 minutes drifting in the frigid waters of the Atlantic.
On February 12, 1983 the ship Marine Electric was carrying a load of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to a power station in Somerset, Massachusetts. The worst storm in forty years blew up that night, and the ship sank at about four o'clock in the morning on February 13.
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SS E. Kirby Smith; SS Harvey Cushing; SS Adelphi Victory [9] SS Alcedo (freighter sank, torpedoed February 28, 1945) [10] SS Battle Creek Victory; SS Black River (tanker) SS Chapel Hill Victory; MV Halma (sank hit mine 1942) SS Howell E. Jackson; SS Malchace [11] SS Medina Victory; SS Panama Victory; MV Sheherazade (attacked and sank 1942) SS ...
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SS Marine Angel - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. Operated April 1945 — March 1946 returning troops to U.S. from Europe and lastly Asia. Converted to laker in 1952, sold renamed McKee Sons. SS Marine Beaver - Became USN hospital ship USS Repose (AH-16). SS Marine Devil - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship ...
SS Caddo (1942) sank on 23 November 1942 after being hit by a torpedo from the U-boat U-518 in the North Atlantic while en route to Iceland. She had 8 survivors of the 59 men aboard. Also known as SS Dorchester Heights. [18] SS Esso Gettysburg sank on 10 June 1943 after being hit by a torpedo from U-66 while 90 miles (140 km) off the Georgia ...
SS Aquarama was built as Marine Star, one of five breakbulk cargo ships of the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) type C4-S-B5 having that C4 design variant. The ship was delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for operation in July 1945 just before the end of World War II and was operated until August 1946 by WSA's agent American Hawaiian SS Company.