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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...
Aug 31, 2009 · Lady Mary, a 71-foot scallop dredge, sank under mysterious circumstances early March 24 in the Elephant Trunk, a productive shellfish area 65 miles off the vessel’s home port of Cape May, N.J. Six of its seven crewmembers were lost.
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Apr 24, 2024 · April 24, 2024 • UPDATED 5/1/24. 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...
Nov 21, 2010 · A trip to the area known as the Elephant Trunk, the richest scallop grounds on the East Coast, meant he and the other six men aboard the Lady Mary might pocket $10,000 to $15,000 each — more for ...
The sinking of the Lady Mary was investigated jointly by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the U.S. Coast Guard, with the Coast Guard as the lead investigative agency. On March 30, 2009, the commandant of the Coast Guard convened a Marine Board of Investigation, which held a total of 9 days of hearings between April 14 and ...
Jul 29, 2011 · The Lady Mary had been altered since its construction in 1969 from a shrimp boat to a scallop dredge with the addition of a scallop-shucking house, a bunkroom and galley, and on top of that a wheelhouse and winch deck — all built of plywood. To compensate for the greater weight topside, a fuel tank under the hold was filled with concrete.
• The Lady Mary was an old boat, converted between 2001 and 2003 from a shrimper to a scalloper, and was never tested for stability because it was not required by federal law. • The wind was blowing hard and the waves were 6 to 9 feet the night of March 23 into the early hours of March 24, making conditions difficult for the Lady Mary.
