On the 3rd of January, 1919 the New York Times included the following editorial: “Where, or rather on whom, the responsibility for the grounding lies it is now too soon to discuss, but it is a grave one, and its nature is hinted by the wonder why the steamer was so far out of her course and why she went ashore that has been expressed by the fishermen and other seafaring folk who know the nature of the bottom off Fire Island. The fog was the immediate cause, but it is not an adequate explanation, for several other vessels successfully found their way through it and into port.”

Ship Name: Northern Pacific 

Ship Type: Steam Turbine Transport 

Tonnage: 8225

Year Built: 1914

Nationality: United States of America 

Year Wrecked: 1919 

Location Wrecked: Fire Island, New York 

Reason for Wreck: Faulty Navigation in Fog 

Lives Lost: 2 

Sources: 

https://books.google.com/books?id=LeNHAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Northern+Pacific+William+Cramp+and+Sons&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/northern-pacific.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=iDwtdGXDjR8C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=northern+pacific+1919+court+martial&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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https://newspaperarchive.com/altoona-mirror-jan-04-1919-p-1/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/01/02/issue.html

https://newspaperarchive.com/iowa-city-citizen-jan-02-1919-p-1/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/01/03/issue.html

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/07/19/97102132.html?pageNumber=3

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/01/04/102843993.html?pageNumber=1

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