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William Landry

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4/8/1950

The scallop dragger William Landry was smashed to pieces by pounding seas near the Pollock Rip lightship in Nantucket Sound. Captain Arne Hansen and his crew had been struggling in high seas for several hours, with the pumps out of operation. They remained in contact with the Coast Guard. The ship's running lights had become visible to the lightship crew, but it suddenly vanished and radio calls went unanswered. The wreckage was later washed up on Wauwinget Beach near Great Point, but the bodies of the crew members were never found.

Name Age
Harold Lodden
Arthur Sylvia 32
Thomas Donahue 20
Theodore Poloski 25
Mitchell Kuliga 33
Arne Hansen 37
Earl Blount 42
Donald Corriea 23
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