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To: Red Badger

Yes! And of course one problem was that there were no lifeboat drills for the crew and passengers while at sea.
The ship had many things that could have been made into makeshift lift rafts etc.

Good observation!


11 posted on 04/15/2025 6:50:08 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Maine Mariner

They held drills for the crew the morning of departure at daybreak. They lowered several of the boats and rowed around and then hoisted them back up.


17 posted on 04/15/2025 7:42:42 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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