Part 1: The Disaster

SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as Puerto Rico, the vessel was renamed Northern Lights in 1991, and finally, El Faro in 2006. She was lost at sea with all hands on October 1, 2015, after steaming into the center of Hurricane Joaquin.

This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by two amateur disaster historians, Michele Sargent and Mel Bee.

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