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Episode 69 - MV Holoholo
Beyond the Breakers
English - August 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Documentary shipwrecks maritime history transportation shipping great lakes ocean accidents shipwreck disasters Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 68 - San Rafael
This week we discuss the story of the MV Holoholo, a pleasure yacht-turned-oceanographic research vessel lost near the Hawaiian Islands in December 1978.
Sources:
Karl, David M., UH and the Sea, University of Hawaii Manoa, 2004.
"Marine Casualty Report - MV Holoholo; Disappearance in the Pacific Ocean on 11 December 1978 with presumed loss of life." U.S. Coast Guard, 1981.
Safety Recommendations - NTSB
Further reading:
Death On the High Seas Act
In Re Holoholo Litigation
Gary Niemeyer Memorial Fund (UH scholarship)