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When Life Jackets Drifted Alone: The Vanishing of S.S. Ira H. Owen
When Life Jackets Drifted Alone: The Vanishing of S.S. Ira H. Owen
The discovery of life jackets stenciled S.S. Ira H. Owen floating intact and legible while none of the ship's 19 crew ever came ashore creates a chilling gap between object and body. What could leave a ship's life preservers afloat yet erase every man who wore them?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of facts surrounding the Ira H. Owen, from her construction and repeated rescues to her final departure into the Mataafa Storm, and pose the unanswered question that follows the last sighting and the washed-up wreckage: what…
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