Word: williamsburgh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time the lifeboats dropped into the sea, three Coast Guard cutters and the 1,000-ft. U.S. supertanker Williamsburgh were headed for the Prinsendam, which by now was listing and billowing smoke. Cold and soaked with sea spray, some passengers kept up their spirits by singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Show Me the Way to Go Home. Recalled John Courtney, 69, a retired college art professor: "A lot of people were seasick, but there was no hysteria." By 9:30 a.m., helicopters began hoisting people from the lifeboats in baskets and ferrying them to the rescue vessels. Only...
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