Friday, November 09, 2007
The Saetia shipwreck of 1918
A few days before the end of World War I, the steamer Saetia was returning from France. As the ship made it's way to Delaware Bay it struck a floating mine placed by a German submarine about 25 miles off Ocean City. Within 15 minutes the ship sunk in 300 feet of water. The Ocean City Coast Guard station heard the alarm and responded, also many of the local fisherman took their boats to the area where the ship sunk. They returned with 65 crew members. The Town of Ocean City opened the Seaside Hotel so they had a place to stay and food was prepared for the survivors. It was referred to as the Election day Disaster as elections were held the 10th of November that year, 1918.
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