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On March 13, 1961, Dominator was en route to Los Angeles from Vancouver with a cargo of wheat and beef when she ran aground off Palos Verdes, California. [6] For two days, the Coast Guard and tugboats attempted to refloat her, but heavy seas and high winds only forced her higher onto the rocks. After two days the crew abandoned ship.
"On the night of June 6, 1853, the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon ran aground 500 feet off shore of the central California coast. The area is now called Pigeon Point in her honor. The Carrier Pigeon was a state-of-the art, 19th Century clipper ship. She was 175 feet long with a narrow, 34 foot beam and rated at about 845 tons burden.
The 37-gross register ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel sank near Sukoi Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska sometime on or after 8 October with the loss of her entire crew of three. Her wreckage was found on a beach near Cape Douglas ( 58°52′N 153°16′W / 58.867°N 153.267°W / 58.867; -153.267 ( Sukoi Bay ) ) on 14
United States Coast Guard: 21 June 1860 A survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey R.P. Resor United States: 28 February 1942 Torpedoed by U-578: Rusland: Struck wreck of Adonis. San Saba: Struck a naval mine. Sindia: 1901 Ran aground on the beach of Ocean City. USS ...
The Memphis 13 are the group of young children who integrated the schools of Memphis, Tennessee. On October 3, 1961, 13 African-American first grade students were enrolled in schools that were previously all white. The schools that the students attended were Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle, and Springdale elementary schools. [1]
Memphis, Tennessee: 25.96 people killed per 100,000 residents Detroit : 21.47 people killed per 100,000 residents Albuquerque, New Mexico : 18.11 people per 100,000 residents
Although the aircraft was repaired and returned to service, it was written off following the crash of Flight 529 in 1961. [29] March 19, 1951 Flight 59, operated by Lockheed L-749A Constellation N91202, Ship #702 Star of Pennsylvania, landed wheels-up at Sky Harbor International Airport due to pilot error; all 34 on board survived. The aircraft ...
William Edward McLaughlin crashed fighter jet while taking off an aircraft carrier off the coast of California. [citation needed] 11 March Third of 13 North American X-10s, GM-19309, c/n 3, on X-10 flight number 14, out of Edwards AFB, California, first flight of refitted c/n 3, the static test article. Vehicle exploded on gear retraction two ...