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To: rlmorel
The cargo ship was southbound. Looks like typical soundings are 25 feet or so at best.

here are the depths in that area

Perhaps the ship was intentionally overloaded in the port, making its grounding pre-meditated.

59 posted on 03/15/2022 9:38:38 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: C210N

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. Almost all ship groundings and collisions are the result of incompetence, with the occasional equipment failure as a primary or contributing factor.

In this case, the ship was coming out of Baltimore heading SSE and missed her turn to S at buoy 18 (or turned late). She exited the channel and grounded. She’s sitting pretty high and Chesapeake doesn’t get nearly large enough tidal swings to float her. They either have to drag her off or unload her, but she will be a tourist attraction for Chesapeake boaters for a while.


61 posted on 03/15/2022 12:01:56 PM PDT by ETCM
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