tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post8145349863465898467..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: When the gales of November come earlySomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-38018675867832483232013-11-11T11:44:55.733-06:002013-11-11T11:44:55.733-06:00NTSB report on the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking
http...NTSB report on the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking<br /><br />http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBSHIPWRECKS/EdmundFitzgeraldNTSBReport.pdf<br /><br />$$$ Required freeboard had been reduced by 39 and 1/4" by three different regulation rewrites in the preceeding six years. (page 8 linked pdf)<br /><br />$$$ Exemption granted to Edmund Fitzgerald on the minimum required elevation of hold vents above weather deck after the last freeboard reduction. (page 8 linked pdf)<br /><br />$$$ The cargo hold hatch covers not designed for conditions encountered (page 16 linked pdf)<br /><br />$$$ Design features caused over 15 inches of water to be retained on the entire deck at all times during the storm conditions encountered. This had the same effect as lowering the Edmund Fitzgerald's freeboard another 15 inches. (page 16 linked pdf)<br /><br />$$$ The design of the cargo hold permitted complete flooding due to lack of watertight compartmentalization. (page 17 linked pdf)<br /><br />$$$ Design features of the cargo hold prevented pumping water from the hold when carrying taconite. (page 17 linked pdf)<br /><br />$$$ Design features did not allow ship's personnel to monitor cargo hold flooding when loaded and in bad weather conditions. (page 17 linked pdf) <br /><br />RIP Michael E. Armagost 37 <br />Frederick J. Beetcher 56 <br />Thomas D. Bentsen 23 <br />Edward F. Bindon 47 <br />Thomas D. Borgeson 41 <br />Oliver J. Champeau 41 <br />Nolan S. Church 55 <br />Ransom E. Cundy 53 <br />Thomas E. Edwards 50 <br />Russell G. Haskell 40 <br />George J. Holl 60 <br />Bruce L. Hudson 22 <br />Allen G. Kalmon 43 <br />Gordon F. MacLellan 30 <br />Joseph W. Mazes 59 <br />John H. McCarthy 62 <br />Ernest M. McSorley 63 <br />Eugene W. O'Brien 50 <br />Karl A. Peckol 20 <br />John J. Poviach 59 <br />James A. Pratt 44 <br />Robert C. Rafferty 62 <br />Paul M. Riippa 22 <br />John D. Simmons 63 <br />William J. Spengler 59 <br />Mark A. Thomas 21 <br />Ralph G. Walton 58 <br />David E. Weiss 22 <br />Blaine H. Wilhelm 52 <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-57530016761856357162013-11-10T17:44:35.759-06:002013-11-10T17:44:35.759-06:00the Fitz was a poorly maintained boat that had bee...the Fitz was a poorly maintained boat that had been modified to hold way more taconite than it was meant to. People who served on it knew it made funny noises and had abnormal levels of flex in the hull that could be felt in waves and whenever thy tried to get it to turn. it's too bad the shipping company was able to blame the catastrophic hull failure on the captain crew and weather, thus avoiding the sort of payout that the families of the crew deserved.sargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14582415856684023846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-41450021948598052972013-11-10T16:00:42.803-06:002013-11-10T16:00:42.803-06:00Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for the reminder.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com