'Oakey Alexander' aground off Cape Elizabeth, 1947
Item 5737 info
Maine Historical Society
Checking for damage, Captain Raymond W. Lewis found that the ship had broken at the point of a new cross-bulkhead, which was keeping water from entering the damaged ship.
As the crews quarters were only a few feet from the break, there was fear that some men may have disappeared with the bow.
A count of the crew showed that no one had been in the bow when it sank. As the remaining portion of the ship was still afloat, the captain decided to try to head toward shore, hoping to run the ship aground.
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