This week we discuss the worst peace time accident in US Coast Guard history. The USCGC was a sea going buoy tender which met a tragic fate in Tampa Bay. Join us as we explore the accident and give our thoughts on this tragic loss.

*Originally released 3/12/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/6/22

William Flores, hero of the USCGC Blackthorn

Coast Guard Report

Recommended Reading:

Wilfred Owen
Arms and the Boy

Joe Kassabian
The Hooligans of Kandahar 

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This week, we discuss the F/V Katmai, which sank off of Alaska in 2008.

Link to US Coast Guard report. 

*originally released 3/4/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/5/22.

**Note**
- At one point in the episode, the year 2009 is referenced in regard to the sinking of the Katmai; this should be "2008".

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In this episode, we discuss the wreck of the SS Admella, one of the worst maritime disasters in Australian history.

*Originally released 2/25/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/5/22

Milwaukee's Harbor Seagull sinking - https://www.wisn.com/article/crane-on-barge-raises-sunken-harbor-seagull-from-kinnickinnic-river/35604251

23 March 1944, Portland Guardian https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64388815

September 23 1893, South Australia Register - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53616242

Suggested reading:
From the Wreck - Jane Rawson (2017)
"Kaleidoscope" - Ray Bradbury

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In this episode, we discuss the deadliest maritime accident in US history - the riverboat Sultana, which sank in April 1865 transporting recently liberated Union POWs north at the end of the American Civil War.

*originally released 2/18/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/4/22

For detailed reference:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2009/august/death-river

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In this episode we will discuss the loss of the SS Milwaukee, a railcar ferry that was lost with all hands in a 1929 October gale in Lake Michigan.


Wisconsin Shipwrecks website with excellent photos of the Milwaukee:
https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/435?region=Index

Historical Marker Database:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=42299

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The debut episode of Beyond the Breakers covers the story of the SS El Faro, a cargo ship that went down during Hurricane Joaquin in the year 2015.

Here is a link for the NTSB Illustrated Digest referenced during the show.

SS El Faro transcript

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