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Ursula M. Norton New Bedford, MA

Vessel Details

12/9/1957

Around 9:25 PM on the evening of December 9, 1957, Ingvald Ingvaldsen was tangled in an anchor line aboard the scalloper Ursula M. Norton and went overboard. The incident occurred approximately 160 miles east of Pollock Rip Lightship.

Crew recovered the body about two hours after the accident.

Name Age
Ingvald Ingvaldsen 41
  • Trade Indicator: Fishery scalloper
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  • Year Built: 1944
  • Ship Builder: Casey Shipyard, Fairhaven
  • Owner: Isaac C. Norton and Jens Isaksen,
  • Previous Owners: Isaac C. Norton and Bernard Rasmussen. Rasmussen sold his share around 1955.
  • Service: Commercial fishing
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Month of December

Vessel Year
Hiram II 1943
Joan & Ursula 1944
Sea Ranger 1955
Ursula M. Norton 1957
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Florence & Lee 1962
Ellen Marie 1962
Gailou 1968
Venture I 1968
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