Record #:

13642

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

The wreck of the steamship Metropolis is a catastrophe that shook America and led to the establishment of an all-year beach patrol by the Coast Guard.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 23, Nov 1951, p34-, 23, por, f

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks; USS METROPOLIS (ship)