Freighter adrift in Hurricane Ike, Rescue attempt fails
From the U.S. Coast Guard Press Release – HOUSTON – The Coast Guard received a call around 4 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008, from the motor vessel Antalina, a 584-foot freighter with 22 people aboard and carrying Petroleum Coke, reporting that they had lost main propulsion 90-miles southeast of Galveston and are drifting southwest away from [...]





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