by Marc » March 31, 2024, 7:02 am
Mn bob wrote: ↑March 30, 2024, 11:52 pm
Does anybody know what really happened? Was it mechanical? With all the radar and electronic equipment these ships have I wouldn’t think they would hit anything. Didn’t this ship hit the Detroit river light years ago and do a lot of damage to the bow of the ship and they fixed it in Toledo at the drydock.
On April 28, 2000, the American Mariner struck Light No. 7 in the Lake Huron Cut and ran aground while approaching the mouth of the St. Clair River. The incident was caused by a loss of steering, and resulted in multiple gashes in the hull. She was lightered into her fleetmate Adam E. Cornelius {4} and was taken to Toledo, Ohio for drydocking and repairs. The grounding caused the U.S. Coast Guard to close the St. Clair river to traffic, delaying almost 25 vessels.
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Does anybody know what really happened? Was it mechanical? With all the radar and electronic equipment these ships have I wouldn’t think they would hit anything. Didn’t this ship hit the Detroit river light years ago and do a lot of damage to the bow of the ship and they fixed it in Toledo at the drydock.
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On April 28, 2000, the American Mariner struck Light No. 7 in the Lake Huron Cut and ran aground while approaching the mouth of the St. Clair River. The incident was caused by a loss of steering, and resulted in multiple gashes in the hull. She was lightered into her fleetmate Adam E. Cornelius {4} and was taken to Toledo, Ohio for drydocking and repairs. The grounding caused the U.S. Coast Guard to close the St. Clair river to traffic, delaying almost 25 vessels.