Stevie Browning was a merchant seaman, asst. engineer, aboard the SS Marine Electric when she went down in 15 - 18 ft. seas, 40 mph winds, about 30 miles east of Chincoteague, VA. Thirty-one of the 34 crew members died when they had to abandon ship into frigid, 39 degree, water. Most dying from hypothermia.
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
Stevie had actually missed the ship and caught the pilot boat out to join the Marine Electric. He left a young widow. His body was never recovered. His residence was listed as Virginia Beach, VA.
Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death and Survival in the Merchant Marine
By Robert Frump
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
Stevie had actually missed the ship and caught the pilot boat out to join the Marine Electric. He left a young widow. His body was never recovered. His residence was listed as Virginia Beach, VA.
Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death and Survival in the Merchant Marine
By Robert Frump
Stevie Browning was a merchant seaman, asst. engineer, aboard the SS Marine Electric when she went down in 15 - 18 ft. seas, 40 mph winds, about 30 miles east of Chincoteague, VA. Thirty-one of the 34 crew members died when they had to abandon ship into frigid, 39 degree, water. Most dying from hypothermia.
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
Stevie had actually missed the ship and caught the pilot boat out to join the Marine Electric. He left a young widow. His body was never recovered. His residence was listed as Virginia Beach, VA.
Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death and Survival in the Merchant Marine
By Robert Frump
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
Stevie had actually missed the ship and caught the pilot boat out to join the Marine Electric. He left a young widow. His body was never recovered. His residence was listed as Virginia Beach, VA.
Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death and Survival in the Merchant Marine
By Robert Frump
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