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Aug 30, 2013 · Four years and five months after the scallop boat Lady Mary sank 66 miles off the coast of Cape May, taking the lives of six of its seven crew, the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday issued its final...
Apr 25, 2024 · On March 18, 2009, the F/V Lady Mary, a 71-foot scallop boat, left Cape May Harbor for the scalloping grounds in an area known as the Elephant’s Trunk, roughly 60 miles from Cape May. The crew had nearly completed its catch when, between 5:19 and 5:39 a.m. on March 24, the boat sank.
Feb 9, 2020 · The fishing boat Lady Mary and her crew are hauling scallops in near-freezing waters off the shores of New Jersey in 2009. On their final night, something goes wrong, and the vessel...
Apr 24, 2024 · CAPE MAY – On March 18, 2009, the F/V Lady Mary, a 71-foot scallop boat, left Cape May Harbor for the scalloping grounds in an area known as the Elephant’s Trunk, roughly 60 miles from Cape...
Jul 29, 2011 · The March 2009 sinking of the fishing vessel Lady Mary off Cape May, N.J., with the loss of six crewmembers inspired a 20-page Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper account of the tragedy and, with the loss of five other fishermen off New Jersey in 2009, raised an alarm that helped push far-reaching fishing vessel safety measures through Congress.
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Aug 31, 2009 · A ship ran into Lady Mary’s port quarter, sending a bow wave flooding over the fishing vessel’s gunwales. The crew pulled in the dredge and tried to make emergency repairs, tying the port stay wire to the gallis to get it out of their way.
Introduction. Between 0510 and 0540 on the morning of March 24, 2009, the fishing vessel Lady Mary (figure 1) sank in 210 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean 65 miles off the New Jersey coast. Six crewmembers died in the accident, including the two owners, one of whom was the master. One crewmember survived.
