SS EDGAR M. QUEENY COLLISION WITH THE LIBERIAN S/T CORINTHOS, MARCUS HOOK, PENNSYLVANIA, 31 JANUARY 1975 MARINE CASUALTY REPORT

At 0029, on January 31, 1975, the U.S. Registered tankship SS EDGAR M. QUEENY, laden with chemical and petroleum products, was maneuvering into Marcus Hook channel of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, when it collided with the Liberian tanker S/T CORINTHOS which was moored and discharging a bulk cargo of crude oil at the British Petroleum Company dock. The port anchor of the QUEENY slightly penetrated the port side plating of the CORINTHOS at an angle of about 39 deg. into one or more of the wing cargo tanks, which were being pumped and were approximately half full. Almost immediately, a series of increasingly intense explosions began in the CORINTHOS, and the vessel was engulfed in flames. Twenty-six persons were killed or are missing and 11 were injured in this accident. The QUEENY suffered minor damage but the CORINTHOS was destroyed. The Delaware River was polluted by oil about Marcus Hook. Property damage was estimated to be $20 million.

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• Publication Date: 1977-10-27

Media Info

• Pagination: 55 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casualties; Channels (Waterways); Crash investigation; Crashes; Explosions; Fatalities; Fires; Hulls; Loss and damage; Maneuverability; Merchant vessels; Navigational aids; Oil spills; Shipboard personnel; Ships; Tankers; Water transportation crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Damage assessment; Ship fires; Ship hulls
• Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania
• Old TRIS Terms: Casualty data; Ss corinthos; Ss edgar m. queeny; Tanker casualties; Tanker collisions; Tanker explosions
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175374
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG/NTSB-MAR-77-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1978 12:00AM