Fortieth Anniversary of the MS Prinsedam Rescue at Sea
David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA, writes on Facebook on October 4, 2020: The hand of God watched over them and a miracle happened, 40 years ago tonight. I was woken up by auto alarm bells from the SOS of the burning luxury liner MS PRINSENDAM / PJTA as my ship was sailing southward from Valdez, Alaska on Prince William Sound. When the burning ship lost main and emergency generators, their radio officer told me to take over and I sent out three additional DDD SOS DDD (MAYDAY RELAY) calls. The FCC in Washington reported over 350 ship …
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