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Morro Castle was declared a total loss, and its charred hulk was finally towed away from the Asbury Park shoreline on March 14, 1935. According to one account, it later started settling by the stern and sank while being towed and had to be refloated.
Hundreds of survivors from the S.S. Morro Castle disaster are brought ashore and cared for at the Spring Lake firehouse in this Asbury Park Press clipping published on Monday, September 10, 1934.
The Morro Castle remained on the sandbar throughout the fall and winter, spurring an economic boomlet for Asbury Park, which had been suffering from the effects of the Great Depression. Thousands of curious spectators and reporters lined both the boardwalk and Convention Hall's promenade to see the ship's charred remains, and both city ...
SS Morro Castle may refer to: SS Morro Castle (1900) A ship launched by the Ward Line and scrapped in 1926. SS Morro Castle (1930) A ship burned in 1934.
1934 – Morro Castle off Asbury Park, New Jersey — 137 deaths, ship gutted and beached; 1941 – Attack on Pearl Harbor, sinking USS Arizona (BB-39) and several other ships; extensive fires generated aboard and around ships; 1942 – Normandie in New York City, ship capsized and sank at pier
A few more images would certainly be nice, especially one of the shots of the Morro Castle after it beached itself in Asbury Park. The library of Congress has two available images of the ship. Go to LOC Prints and Photograph Division search page and type in Morro Castle and a number of images come up. Most of the ship are restricted, but there ...
Dan Radel, Asbury Park Press October 23, 2024 at 5:06 AM A display at the Riverside Historical Society featuring items related to the USS Alligator and Alligator Jr., two Civil War-era submarines.
Morro Castle United States: Morro Castle. The cruise ship caught fire and was beached at Asbury Park, New Jersey with the loss of 135 of the 549 people on board.