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On November 7, 1972, at 9:51 p.m. EST, three sections of the Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, collapsed after a cargo ship, the SS African Neptune, struck the bridge. The collapse affected roughly 450 feet (140 m) of the bridge and caused 24 people and ten motor vehicles to fall into the river.
Neptune (1785 ship), a 218-ton (bm) merchantman built in 1778 in America that made one voyage as a whaler and that was last listed in 1803. Neptune (1796 EIC ship), a 1468-ton (bm) East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) Neptune (1797 ship) was the first ship built in Quebec after the British occupation ...
[18] [3] In 1972, the SS African Neptune cargo ship collided with the bridge while attempting to pass through its opening, causing several sections of the bridge to collapse into the river. [19] The collapse sent several vehicles into the river and resulted in the death of ten people. [19]
The bow of the SS ''African Neptune'' following its allision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge on November 7, 1972. Items portrayed in this file depicts. copyright status.
USNS Neptune (ARC-2), was the lead ship in her class of cable repair ships in U.S. Naval service. The ship was built by Pusey & Jones Corp. of Wilmington, Delaware , Hull Number 1108, as the USACS William H. G. Bullard named for Rear Adm. William H. G. Bullard .
USS Neptune (1863), a 1,244-ton screw steamship, served during the American Civil War; USS Manhattan (1863), a monitor in commission from 1864 to 1877, briefly named USS Neptune during 1869; USS Neptune (AC-8), was a collier that carried the first United States troops to Europe in World War I
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 ...
HMS Neptune was a dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the sole ship of her class. She was the first British battleship to be built with superfiring guns.