Talk:Andrea Gail/Archive 1

Archive 1

Don't forget about the 106th

I added the 106th RQW from the NY ANG because they were the search and rescue unit that lost a Pararescueman during the SAR mission.

I removed the 106th reference because the SAR mission in which Rick Smith was lost had nothing to do with the Andrea Gail. It was in response to a distress call from a different vessel, a sailboat that was much closer to the U.S. coast. Colden46 07:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Coast Guard's official Casualty Report re: Andrea Gail disappearance in pdf format

I found a great link on the official Coast Guard site to the Marine Casualty Report on the disappearance of the Andrea Gail. I noticed the Andrea Gail article had no references or anything, but am too new to Wiki to start entering citations on my own. Here is the link to the page: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/reportindexcas2.htm#mi

Scroll down to date 10/30/1991 (the date the Andrea Gail was officially reported missing) and click on the text to open the .pdf file. Here is the link directly to the .pdf file: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/docs/fvag.pdf

Hope this is helpful. Hlhamiltong 09:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Well I heard that this is a good link: www.lily.com

Citations

This page should have increased references/citations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.77.30 (talk) 22:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I was reading the Coast Guard report and it states on page 6, item 19, that the EPIRB was found on Sable Island on 6 Nov. Is there a reference for the 8 Nov date currently in the Wiki article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.97.231 (talk) 18:18, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Rename

Should the article be renamed? Most other fishing vessel articles are titled F/V (Name). See this category for more: Category:Fishing ships of the United States --Daysleeper47 (talk) 13:34, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Article improvement

This lacks a lot of detail and really only focuses on its disappearance. My suggestion is to give a history of the vessel, an estimate of its annual income (or its variances), why it was re-named Andrea Gail and why it was originally named Miss Penny. The one sentence "She was originally named Miss Penny," stands out like someone added it last minute and doesn't belong in its present location. I have no experience with this information, else I would work on it. I'm just making suggestions for those who know more about it. MagnoliaSouth ^(talk) 17:11, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I agree completely. The article could use a good cleanup. We need some reliable sources for the kind of information you suggest. —Diiscool (talk) 17:16, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Disputed Wave Size

I don't think there was sufficient research into the sizes of the waves that Andrea Gail may have been dealing with. This article says, " But the Wikipedia article on "The Perfect Storm" states, "A buoy located 264 miles (425 km) south of Halifax reported a wave height of 100.7 feet (30.7 m) on October 30." This indicates that the storm did record waves higher than 39' and, not knowing when the Andrea Gail actually sank, it may very well have encountered a wave much larger than 39'. The above sentence and the article referred imply that the storm was over-dramatized, but it seems the story was a lot different in the middle of the ocean. I think a bit more digging is needed here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.17.93.66 (talk) 19:54, 28 October 2012 (UTC)