This week we have a steamboat tale to tell, specifically the story of the Ohio River steamer Scioto and her deadly collision with the John Lomas in 1882.

Sources:

Bailey, Kenneth R. "The 'Scioto' Disaster." West Virginia HIstory, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 2012, pp. 49 - 72.

"A Pall of Egyptian Gloom: The Sinking of the 'Scioto'". East Liverpool Historical Society, http://www.eastliverpoolhistoricalsociety.org/scioto1.htm

Various excerpts from 1881 - 1882 editions of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer and Daily Register

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This week we are in the city of Baltimore to discuss the 2004 sinking of the water taxi Lady D.

A big thanks to our listener Josh for suggesting this as a topic for the show!

Sources:

"Baltimore Sea Cadets Cited For Rescue Efforts After Water Taxi Capsizes." Sea Power, July 2004.

"Capsizing of U.S. Small Passenger Vessel Lady D, Northwest Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, March 6, 2004." National Transportation Safety Board.

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Here is Episode 138 on the US Navy escort carrier Liscome Bay, sunk off of Makin Atoll by Japanese submarine I-175 during Operation Galvanic in November 1943.

Sources:

"Liscome Bay (CVE-56) - Naval History and Heritage Command."

"The Only Mission of USS Liscome Bay." 22 Feb 2019, https://pearlharbor.org/blog/the-only-mission-of-uss-liscome-bay/

Toll, Ian W. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942 - 1944. W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

"USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)." NavSource Online. 5 March 2024.

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