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2 days ago · April 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 ...
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. (The only survivor had been sleeping below and didn’t see what happened).
Jul 29, 2011 · 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 ...
Aug 30, 2013. 1 of 3. The Coast Guard, working with the New Jersey State Police, verified the position of the fishing vessel Lady Mary, which sank southeast of Cape May, on Wednesday, April...
Sep 16, 2013 · Sep 16, 2013. CAPE MAY - The sinking of the scallop boat Lady Mary may remain mired in controversy four years later, but the death of six Cape May County fishermen who were aboard March 24,...
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Sep 2, 2013 · The investigation revealed that the Lady Mary’s sinking and the loss of the crew was not due to one single factor, but rather a combination of numerous unsafe preconditions and a few unsafe decisions. As one example, a number of modifications were made to the vessel over the years and their cumulative effect subtly lowered existing safety ...
He believes the Lady Mary sank much more quickly than anybody realizes. "If they had 15 minutes, they'd all have survival suits on. Arias came into the galley and said there was water to his...
