Name SS David C. Reid Launched 12 May 1918. Tonnage 5,700 Weight 4.218 tons | Owner John Jay Shipping Co. Class and type Tanker Length 122 m Elevation 0 cm | |
Fate Missing 14 October 1928 Builder Merchant Shipbuilding Corp | ||
SS David C. Reid was an American molasses tanker that sank on 14 October 1928. Her last known position was given in an SOS as 37°N 38°W, or just west of the Azores.
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Memorial
The David C. Reid's radio operator, J. Maurice Black, is honored on the Wireless Operator's Monument in Battery Park, New York City. Strangely, the entry lists the location as "South Atlantic".
Storm
The American Meteorological Society's Monthly Weather Review for October 1928 noted that David C. Reid was not far from a tropical storm at the time she disappeared.
References
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