From the Detroit Free Press:

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. - A tanker
carrying industrial ethanol exploded
and sank about 50 miles off the
Virginia coast Saturday night, the
Coast Guard said. At least two of the
27 crew members aboard were killed,
and rescue crews were still searching
for 19 others.

Six crew members rescued were in
critical condition, said Lt. Chris Shaffer
of Ocean City (Md.) Emergency
Services.

The 570-foot tanker flying a Singapore
flag made an emergency call just after
6 p.m., saying there had been an
explosion on board, said Petty Officer
Stacey Pardini of the Coast Guard
Atlantic area in Portsmouth, Va.

The explosion occurred after a fire
started on the deck of the ship, Shaffer
said. He said 19 people remained
missing as of 9:45 p.m.

Three helicopters, three Coast Guard
boats and a C130 plane were
searching for survivors.

``When the rescue divers got on the
scene the fuel tanker was on fire,
sinking and there was people in the
water,'' Shaffer said. He said the six
people that the Coast Guard recovered
were taken to Norfolk Sentara General
Hospital were in critical condition.

Pardini said those rescued from the
tanker, which had been headed from
New York to Houston, were taken to
hospitals in Maryland and Virginia.

Robert Wocubik, a patient care
supervisor at Atlantic General Hospital
in Berlin, Md., near Ocean City, said
one man ``involved in the accident''
died at the hospital, and that two
rescue divers were treated there for
minor injuries.

Wocubik declined to provide specifics
but added, ``We are prepared to take
more injured.''

"Jim Shaffer, Jr." wrote:

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 03:36:03 GMT, "Art" wrote:

Both sides just moved to 5696

I can hear at least two ships on that frequency faintly, but copyable when the
static subsides. I think the static must be local, one of these years I'll get
around to putting up an outdoor antenna...


Good here but lots of static, plus CG-1501's radio troubles. An
alcohol explosion?? that ship must've popped like a popcorn kernel.

More seriously, one burn victim looked bad on CNN -- completely black
and fighting a nurse trying to insert an IV, looked like... ugh.

--
Eric F. Richards

"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed."
- Dilbert

"Jim Shaffer, Jr." wrote:

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 22:31:32 -0500, "Macman" wrote:

Wonder if the ship was inbound or outbound? Also, could it have been, dare
I say, terrorist related????

At the rate ethanol vaporizes, you couldn't pay me enough to transport a
shipload of it.


No kidding. I'll be amazed if there's any wreckage bigger than a few
square feet left.

--
Eric F. Richards

"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed."
- Dilbert

In article , Eric F. Richards
writes:



No kidding. I'll be amazed if there's any wreckage bigger than a few
square feet left.


Proably mostly intact; wonder how deep it is..?

In article ,
(Diverd4777) writes:


In article , Eric F. Richards
writes:



No kidding. I'll be amazed if there's any wreckage bigger than a few
square feet left.


Proably mostly intact; wonder how deep it is..?

Probably quiet because of nothing new to report;

Guess they'll send divers down later..

- Looks cold...

http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/regio...a/2004/img/040
228.059.comp.lnt.jpg

About 150 feet deep... / Trimix/ technical/ Drysuit / Navy Diver depth

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_pag...?station=44014

At least four Coast Guard personnel were taken to hospitals. Two rescue
divers were treated at Atlantic General and released. Another diver and a
helicopter crew member were taken to Sentara Norfolk and were being held for
observation last night.

Is the search continuing today? I hear only routine coms on 8983.

Greg

From: Eric F. Richards
Organization: What organization?
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:21:06 -0700
Subject: 8983 usb coast gaurd rescue

"Jim Shaffer, Jr." wrote:

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 03:36:03 GMT, "Art" wrote:

Both sides just moved to 5696

I can hear at least two ships on that frequency faintly, but copyable when
the
static subsides. I think the static must be local, one of these years I'll
get
around to putting up an outdoor antenna...


Good here but lots of static, plus CG-1501's radio troubles. An
alcohol explosion?? that ship must've popped like a popcorn kernel.

More seriously, one burn victim looked bad on CNN -- completely black
and fighting a nurse trying to insert an IV, looked like... ugh.

--
Eric F. Richards

"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed."
- Dilbert

"Greg" wrote in message
...
Is the search continuing today? I hear only routine coms on 8983.

There seems to be some chatter on 5696. very faint here in Ottawa with my
YB400 and indoor wire.

Marc

"Marc" wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
"Greg" wrote in message
...
Is the search continuing today? I hear only routine coms on 8983.

There seems to be some chatter on 5696. very faint here in Ottawa with my
YB400 and indoor wire.

Marc

Some activity on 5690 also.

HankG




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Greg wrote:

Is the search continuing today? I hear only routine coms on 8983.

Yes, hearing the search here on 5696 USB at 1840.

Steve
Holland, MI]
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

HankG wrote:

"Marc" wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
"Greg" wrote in message
...
Is the search continuing today? I hear only routine coms on 8983.

There seems to be some chatter on 5696. very faint here in Ottawa with my
YB400 and indoor wire.

Marc

Some activity on 5690 also.

As Hank said there is some activity now on 5690 at 1903. CG 1503 (C-130) with
CAMSLANT. They were up on 5696 just prior.

Also hearing CG Puerto Rico on 5696. They might be busy down there with Haiti.