Posted by Super-H-Mike on November 10, 2016 at 12:11:23 from (76.164.144.132):
In Reply to: 41 years ago Nov. 10 posted by Al Baker(pumpman) on November 10, 2016 at 07:10:26:
I have always had an interest in the story also, it happened on my birthday when I was 10. Bernie Cooper was the Captain of the Arthur Anderson, which was following the Fitz that day. He thinks she hit bottom or had a stress fracture . He and others said the official report of leaky hatch covers didn't make sense because hatch covers alone could not have allowed enough water in to sink her. From about 3 pm she had a list, broken railing and had lost 2 vent covers . Bernie said he believed she was sinking from that point on . The ship was fully loaded and the storm was terrible, and she was known to have structural problems, the so called "loose keel " which had been welded several times. The stresses on that ship must have been unreal, and a stress fracture sure seems plausible. The Anderson reported 3 giant waves passed her about 10 minutes before the Fitz went off radar, I believe one of those huge waves got the crippled ship. Lots of theories and info around the web for those curious.
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