Show notes
This week we discuss the story of the MV Holoholo, a pleasure yacht-turned-oceanographic research vessel lost near the Hawaiian Islands in December 1978.
Sources:
Karl, David M., UH and the Sea, University of Hawaii Manoa, 2004.
"Marine Casualty Report - MV Holoholo; Disappearance in the Pacific Ocean on 11 December 1978 with presumed loss of life." U.S. Coast Guard, 1981.
Safety Recommendations - NTSB
Further reading:
Death On the High Seas Act
In Re Holoholo Litigation
Gary Niemeyer Memorial Fund (UH scholarship)