True Life Boston, MA

Vessel Details

1/30/1993

The True Life was fishing off Chatham on January 30, 1993, when it began flooding. A distress call brought a Coast Guard helicopter, which lowered two pumps to the boat. The Coast Guard then advised the captain and crew to get into a life raft and abandon the boat, which flipped over when a rogue wave hit the deck. Captain Calvin "Tommy" Lilliston and crew member Thomas M. "Lee" Deegan were lifted out of the water, but Mr. Deegan had gone into cardiac arrest. The helicopter rushed him to the hospital while a jet looked for the life raft. The raft was found several hours later by another fishing boat. The body of the third crew member, Eamonn P. Harrington, was found underneath it.

Name Age
Thomas Deegan 34
Eamonn Harrington 34
  • Trade Indicator: Fishery
  • Hull Material: Wood
  • Year Built: 1967
  • Ship Builder: D. Deonas
  • Owner: True Life Fishing, Inc.
  • Previous Owners:
  • Service: Commercial fishing
  • Doc. Issuance Date:
  • Doc. Expiration Date:
  • USCG Doc. No.: 510796
  • IMO Number:
  • Call Sign: WY3827
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  • Length (ft): 53.4 ft.
  • Hull Depth (ft): 8 ft.
  • Hull Breadth (ft): 18.1 ft.
  • Gross Tonnage: 49
  • Net Tonnage: 33

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