To: Berlin_Freeper
This was a terrible tragedy at the time as thousands died. They, all the men recently released as POWs, were desperate to get home to northern states.
2 posted on
04/28/2016 3:16:26 AM PDT by
SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
To: Berlin_Freeper
I’m familiar with the Sultana, being kind of a maritime disaster buff. Also with the Gustloff and the Goya, which I recently saw some dive footage of.
3 posted on
04/28/2016 3:17:33 AM PDT by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Those old steamers were dangerous. There is a steamer that gives day and evening cruises out of New Orleans. You can learn a lot of steamer history while taking one of those cruises.
4 posted on
04/28/2016 3:46:04 AM PDT by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Greed leads to disaster.
In the end, no one was ever held accountable for the greatest maritime disaster in United States history.
6 posted on
04/28/2016 4:06:03 AM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Berlin_Freeper
8 posted on
04/28/2016 4:16:32 AM PDT by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: Berlin_Freeper
2,427 passengers I had no idea steam boats carried that many passengers.
The Titanic carried 2,224 people including crewmembers.
12 posted on
04/28/2016 7:29:09 AM PDT by
MosesKnows
(Love Many, Trust Few, and Always Paddle Your Own Canoe)
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