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Linda Sittler

Crofton

Explorer's Demise

AFTER READING of the cruise ship Explorer striking ice and sinking, I got to thinking about safety [Coming and Going, Dec. 2]. While serving aboard the USS LST 1144 in 1951, on our way to Greenland, our skipper ordered our ship to stay a couple of miles from icebergs. Also, we had to wake him up when an iceberg was sighted. We had lookouts stationed to report the different types of icebergs we were navigating through, called growlers or bergy bits, depending on the size.

Inexperienced crew members may have had something to do with this, but the main reason for the sinking was lack of safety in these kinds of waters.

Tom Boyle

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