Lady Mary

Shipwreck Lady Mary
Type:
shipwreck, scallop dredge, USA
Built:
1969, Pascagoula MS USA
Specs:
( 71 x 21 ft ) 125 gross tons, 7 crew
Sunk:
Tuesday March 24, 2009
foundered in storm - 1 survivor
GPS:
40°25.641' -73°51.135' (USCG 2004)
Depth:
210 ft
Shipwreck Lady Mary
Lady Mary rafted-up with other fishing vessels at Cape May in 2007
Shipwreck Lady Mary
Side-scan sonar of the Lady Mary on the bottom, mostly shadow
Shipwreck Lady Mary
Bow and stern views of the sunken Lady Mary
Shipwreck Lady Mary
Shipwreck Lady Mary
The vessel shows a great deal of damage to the stern, the dredge ramp, rudder, and propeller.

The cause of the sinking was officially determined to be flooding of the lazarette - the small stern-most compartment that contains the steering gear. The likely true cause of the sinking is that the Lady Mary was run down by the inbound container ship Cap Beatrice, although this has never been proven. When the ship returned to U.S. waters two months later, no evidence of a collision could be found. Why the ship was not inspected when it arrived in Philadelphia the day after the loss of the Lady Mary, now there's a good question.

Shipwreck Lady Mary
Cap Beatrice, 40,000 tons

Images & descriptions are from the Coast Guard report on the sinking:

USCG report on the sinking (66Mb)


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