Word: gyrocompasses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fail to meet adequate safety standards. The Argo Merchant, for example, was involved in 18 "incidents"?including two previous groundings?before the Nantucket disaster. Her captain since June, Georgios Papadopoulos, 43, admitted at a hearing last week that his ship carried no LORAN (long-range navigation) equipment. His gyrocompass, he said, was not being used just prior to the accident because it was six degrees off, and the helmsman was steering by magnetic compass. He himself had not had an accurate fix on his position for more than 15 hours. Even if he had known his position, he might...