Jose Fernandez was a merchant seaman 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, including Richard, 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.
Richard James Morgan was born in Tarboro, NC to Richard Morgan and Mendora "Maude" (Pettaway) Brown. He was the husband of Lucille (MNU) Orr Morgan.
VA Death Cert.
Mobile Register (AL) Feb 18, 1983, p.: 7-D
North Carolina, Birth Indexes
U.S. Soc. Sec. Applications
Contributor: Dawna Westbrook (47076696)
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.
Richard James Morgan was born in Tarboro, NC to Richard Morgan and Mendora "Maude" (Pettaway) Brown. He was the husband of Lucille (MNU) Orr Morgan.
VA Death Cert.
Mobile Register (AL) Feb 18, 1983, p.: 7-D
North Carolina, Birth Indexes
U.S. Soc. Sec. Applications
Contributor: Dawna Westbrook (47076696)
Jose Fernandez was a merchant seaman 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, including Richard, 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.
Richard James Morgan was born in Tarboro, NC to Richard Morgan and Mendora "Maude" (Pettaway) Brown. He was the husband of Lucille (MNU) Orr Morgan.
VA Death Cert.
Mobile Register (AL) Feb 18, 1983, p.: 7-D
North Carolina, Birth Indexes
U.S. Soc. Sec. Applications
Contributor: Dawna Westbrook (47076696)
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.
Richard James Morgan was born in Tarboro, NC to Richard Morgan and Mendora "Maude" (Pettaway) Brown. He was the husband of Lucille (MNU) Orr Morgan.
VA Death Cert.
Mobile Register (AL) Feb 18, 1983, p.: 7-D
North Carolina, Birth Indexes
U.S. Soc. Sec. Applications
Contributor: Dawna Westbrook (47076696)
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