The National Transportation Safety Board has released its investigation report into the 2019 loss of the F/V Miss Annie after the fishing vessel struck a submerged wreck that had shifted from its previously known position.
Three crew members were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after the incident on December 19, 2019, in Calibogue Sound, between Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and Tybee Island, Georgia. The vessel later broke apart. No pollution or injuries were reported, but the vessel was a total loss valued at $60,000.
Although unproven, the Miss Annie is thought to have struck the submerged wreck of the Miss Debbie, a 40-foot shrimp boat that sank during a storm in May 2017. On November 1, 2019, the owner of a yacht known as the Chanticleer also reported striking a “significant object” within a few hundred yards from where the Miss Debbie was known to have sunk. In the weeks following the Chanticleer incident, NOAA conducted a survey of the area, revealing a wreck subme
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The U.S. National Safety Board has determined that poor bridge resource management and miscommunication between the pilot and master was the probable cause of last year’s accident involving the U.S.-flagged MT American Liberty.
The 2017-built double-hulled tanker struck several moored vessels, barges and wharfs along the left descending bank of the Lower Mississippi River near Reserve, Louisiana, on May 16, 2019, as the river was in major flood stage.
One serious and three minor injuries were reported in connection with the accident that caused a reported $40.5M in damage. No pollution was reported.
“While the NTSB did not issue any safety recommendations in our report, that does not mean there are not life-saving lessons to be learned from this accident,” said Morgan Turrell, Acting Director of the NTSB’s Office of Marine Safety. “There could have been a very different outcome in this accident, and failure to learn from it could cause a similar and potentially deadly