From the Feb. 15, 2013, 7 CBS News WSPA "Crewmembers to testify About Sunken Tall Ship" by AP.
The HMS Bounty sank last year off Cape Hatteras, NC, in Superstorm Sandy. The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board is holding a hearing to determine why. The ship had been built for the 1962 movie "Mutiny of the Bounty."
From the Feb. 13, 2013 Jacksonville (NC) Daily News.
Shortly before the ship sailed on its final voyage, the captain had been told of rooted and decaying hull frames. Todd Kosakowski of a Maine shipyard had told Captain Robin Walbridge he had found rot before it sank. Rather than replace the rotted timbers, the captain had his crew paint over it.
One crewmember died and the captain's body was never found after the ship sank.
Eight days of hearings will be held.
I had the opportunity to see the ship years ago at a Tall Ships show in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
And, I Had Hoped They Would be Able to Raise the Ship. --DaCoot
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