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Article: Lady Mary investigation looks at EPIRB registration; six of seven-man crew lost in N.J. sinking.(ATLANTIC)(Brief article)
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- National Fisherman
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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An emergency radio beacon that was not registered may have been a factor in the deaths of six fishermen on the Lady Mary, a 71-foot scallop boat that sank 75 miles off Cape May, N.J., on March 24, two hours before the Coast Guard got a satellite fix on its location.
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Other scallopers say they heard a momentary mayday transmission on the Elephant Trunk grounds and tried to call back, but got no response. The Lady Mary's emergency position indicating radio beacon began transmitting as the boat sank. But no registration information, such as the boat's name and home port, showed up on search and rescue computers, according to people ...