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May 15, 1935Read more from May 15, 1935
The British luxury ocean liner Olympic accidentally broadsided the Nantucket lightship, a floating lighthouse moored 40 miles south of Nantucket. Unable to see it in a heavy fog, the Olympic split the Nantucket in half. Read more from May 15, 1935
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