[libstripper]

It’ll be put out when it starts melting and sinks into the harbor. Then the fires will go out. Read up on the French ship Normandie that burned at her pier in New York harbor.
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I thought of that, too. The Normandie was being converted to a troop ship at the time of the fire. At least some sources have said the fire was arson, set by the Mafia, to get Lucky Luciano out of prison. FWIW there were no other similar incidents on the NYC docks during the war and the Mafia fully cooperated with the war effort.

[SkyDancer]

Thanks, so I’ve read. Home schooling is great. Wouldn’t have read about any of that in PS.

[Conan the Librarian]

Slip is 32ft at low water. Ship draws 29ft (public domain info). Won’t do much good.

[Eleutheria5]

So the Mafia set fire to the Bon Homme Richard to get Luciano out of jail? I’d think he was dead by now.