Poor maintenance cited in towboat sinking that cost captain's job

摘要

Miss Roslyn limped down the Mississippi River with a pronounced starboard list that worsened as water washed over the aft deck. The captain knew the towboat wouldn't make it five miles farther for a crew change. He took the advice of a fel-low Marquette Transportation captain who suggested crossing the river to shallower, calmer water along the east bank. Miss Roslyn came up against an empty barge near the bank minutes before rolling over. All three crew escaped before the vessel sank at mile 142 in Reserve, La.