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This Day In Wrecks

1909: The RMS Republic collides with the SS Florida in heavy fog off Nantucket, MA.  The Republic becomes the first ship to issue a distress call via wireless telegraph, and eventually sinks the next day after her passengers are removed.  Four people from Republic and three from Florida are killed.  (damage to the SS Florida is pictured)

1943:  The Japanese destroyer Hakaze attacks the USS Guardfish near Kavieng, New Ireland.  The submarine retaliates and sinks the Hakaze with a torpedo.

1982:  World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport and plunges into Boston Harbor.  The cockpit breaks off the DC-10; two passengers are thrown into the icy water and never found.