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Another wreck pops up... in St. Louis


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I saw her when she still was afloat and remember the flood that sank her.

 

https://www.southernliving.com/news/st-louis-shipwreck-mississippi-river-uss-inaugural

Mark
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Thanks for sharing that, I didn't know about it, but then I rarely make it to St. Louis being more of a Kansas City person. 

 

My wife, a former research scientist, was working on the Missouri when a barge broke free during high water and headed downstream, threatening various bridges as well as the research vessel. It was a scramble to corral the thing since the Missouri has very little navigation traffic and so very few resources available for such an effort.

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