SS Marine Electric sinking — 12 February 1983

[u/Crazy-Performance411]

https://youtu.be/lf4KqW3AjhM

On 12 February 1983, the SS Marine Electric capsized about 30 nautical miles east of Chincoteague in a winter storm. In its last two years, the ship had more than 400 doublers and patches on its hatch covers; parts of a panel removed in 1982 were described as “paper thin.” The Marine Board found progressive flooding through wasted hatch and deck plating. The NTSB found flooding from an undetermined structural failure and thought the covers were probably weathertight when the ship sailed. Of 34 crew members, three survived.

I made this 15-minute, source-cited documentary. The narration is AI-generated.

https://youtu.be/lf4KqW3AjhM

Which evidence would you want to compare first when assessing those two explanations?

[u/Wise-Glove-3890]

those doublers and patches look like they were held together by SPIT AND PRAYERS