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USS John S. McCain Undocking — The Navy destroyer USS John S. McCain prepares to depart from a drydock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka in November 2018. The McCain left drydock after an extensive maintenance period. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyra Watson/R.

NTSB blames Navy in destroyer John S McCain collision

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Towboat Steve Richoux — The towboat Steve Richoux and barges after the accident (view downriver with the Crescent City Connection bridges in the background). Source: Mardi Gras World

NTSB releases report on 2018 towboat allision on Lower Miss

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Barge C508 — Stern of the barge C508 after colliding with Corps of Engineers workboats Emsworth (foreground) and Dashields (background). Photo by Coast Guard

NTSB issues safety recommendations to improve barge fleeting area safety

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Coast Guard responds to barge on fire near Port Aransas, Texas — The tugboat Signet Constellation fights a fire on board the B. No. 255 tank barge approximately three miles from the Port Aransas, Texas, jetties on Oct. 20, 2017. Coast Guard photo.

Investigation found deficiencies in Bouchard fleet despite ABS, USCG inspections

Kirk Moore

NTSB blames poor maintenance, inspection failures in fatal barge explosion

Kirk Moore

Yochow 1 — The bulk carrier Yochow struck a moored ATB in the Houston Ship Channel in June 2018. Shipspotting.com photo

NTSB faults inattention, fatigue in 2018 Houston allision

Kirk Moore

El Faro bridge NTSB — The bridge deck on the wreck of the El Faro, with damage notations from the National Transportation Safety Board final report. NTSB photo.

NTSB's role in marine accident investigations

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Legislation introduced to improve duck boat safety

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M/V Ms Nancy C — The sunken towing vessel Ms Nancy C was building a tow at a fleeting area when it began taking on water at mile marker 832 of Everett Lake near Dyersville, Tennessee. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Lora Ratliff.

Poor maintenance blamed in Tennessee towboat sinking

Kirk Moore

Ricky Robinson raised — After the towboat Ricky Robinson was raised, investigators found hatch covers missing (left) and an engine room door tied open. NTSB photos.

NTSB: Flooding through open hatches sank towboat, killed two near Memphis

Kirk Moore

03.08.11.duckboat-ntsb — The NTSB said one of the probable causes of the 2010 duck boat accident in Philadelphia was distraction and inattentiveness as a result of the tug captain's repeated personal use of his cell phone and company laptop computer. NTSB photo

NTSB releases 'Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements'

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