“As far back as 1961 with the TRIUMPH-MERMAID disaster at Cape Disappointment, one analyst observed that crew inexperience was a contributing factor to the loss of life that occurred. History has repeated itself in the lifeboat community.”
A virtual museum remembering the CG 44363 disaster
“As far back as 1961 with the TRIUMPH-MERMAID disaster at Cape Disappointment, one analyst observed that crew inexperience was a contributing factor to the loss of life that occurred. History has repeated itself in the lifeboat community.”
12 February 1997 