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Fatal Accidents during offshore powerboat racing. "Weirwolf" a 23 ft Whitehorse powered by 2 x 175 hp Mercury outboards. Boat nose dived into a wave and broke in half. Co-driver Michael Meeng escaped uninjured. [ 51] [ 53] Pironi was previously a Formula One racing driver for Ferrari.
PT-105, an 80' Elco boat, under way. A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II.It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants ...
In 1981, Muncey won his last race during the Thunder on the Ohio race at Evansville. On October 18 in Acapulco, Mexico, he was leading the final heat of the World Championship race, [4] but was killed in a blowover crash while travelling 175 mph (282 km/h). [2] [5] [6] [7] He was buried at Glen Abbey Memorial Park in Bonita, California. [8]
Ramsey, New Jersey: Two young boys are nearly hit by a train while playing on the tracks. Location of train tracks (approximate location of incident) on Google Street View "Maryland Med (Chad)" Baltimore, Maryland: A teenager is in a car crash (Docu Segment). Location of crash on Google Street View "Pool Electrocution" May 27, 1989 Houston, Texas
Croix de Guerre (France) Distinguished Conduct Star (Philippines) John Duncan Bulkeley (19 August 1911 – 6 April 1996) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and was one of its most decorated naval officers. Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was also the PT boat skipper who ...
The seakeeping qualities of boats and ease of construction matched to the available Packard engines made a perfect combination. PT-109 was an 80 ft (24 m), 40-ton Elco motor torpedo boat (MTB), one of hundreds built by the firm between 1942 and 1945 in Bayonne, New Jersey.
Schematic illustration of Point Pleasant Canal. Point Pleasant is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, in northern Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [20] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,941, [10] [11] an increase of 549 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 18,392, [21] [22] which in turn reflected a decline of 914 (−4.7%) from the 19,306 ...
JUMP TO: LIVE TRAFFIC MAPl WHAT WE KNOW. "As of 10:47 a.m., there's a Tractor trailer fire on NJ 3 in both directions Grove St in Clifton. All lanes closed," according to 511nj.org. As of Monday ...