This week we discuss the story of the MV Holoholo, a pleasure yacht-turned-oceanographic research vessel lost near the Hawaiian Islands in December 1978. 

Sources: 

Karl, David M., UH and the Sea, University of Hawaii Manoa, 2004.

"Marine Casualty Report - MV Holoholo; Disappearance in the Pacific Ocean on 11 December 1978 with presumed loss of life." U.S. Coast Guard, 1981.

Safety Recommendations - NTSB

Further reading:

Death On the High Seas Act

In Re Holoholo Litigation

Gary Niemeyer Memorial Fund (UH scholarship)

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