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1 researchok  Fri, Nov 2, 2012 12:36:03am

Tragic.

While there will be the inevitable recriminations, almost all the crew was saved.

2 Bob Dillon  Fri, Nov 2, 2012 12:56:32am

I do not think any of our officers or navigators would have planned our escape from Sandy south. And our ship was a 173 ft. wooden minesweeper (1950s vintage) that had endured the Cape multiple times (everyone who got sea sick braced for it). It put our flagship (an LST) in the yards for cracked expansion joints during a "calm" weather passing.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Cape Hatteras is a bend in Hatteras Island, one of the long thin barrier islands that make up the Outer Banks. It is the site where the two great basins of the East Coast meet.[1] These are the Mid-Atlantic Bight, from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, and the South Atlantic Bight, from Cape Lookout to Cape Canaveral.[1] Also near Cape Hatteras, two major Atlantic currents collide, namely the southerly-flowing cold water Labrador Current and the northerly-flowing warm water Florida Current (Gulf Stream). The collision of two major currents creates turbulent waters and a large expanse of shallow sandbars extending up to 14 miles (23 km) offshore. These shoals are known as Diamond Shoals. Somewhat analogous to Point Conception in Southern California, this on-the-edge placement at the confluence of the Labrador and Florida currents leads to unusually diverse biological assemblages. Many species' ranges have either a southern or northern terminus at the cape.

3 researchok  Fri, Nov 2, 2012 1:15:24am

re: #2 Bob Dillon

Why dd they wait so long to leave port, do you think?

4 Bob Dillon  Fri, Nov 2, 2012 2:09:55am

re: #3 researchok

Man ... I have no idea. Hesitation is a bitch.


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