Paul AmiraultJul 10, 20176 minSOS STORIES, Part Four: Disaster Foretold—The Wreck of the S.S. KentuckyOn the morning of February 3, a little before noon, the wireless station at Cape Hatteras, NC overheard a frantic transmission from the Kent
Paul AmiraultJun 22, 20175 minSOS STORIES, Part Three: Premonition of Disaster—the Doomed Voyage of the S.S. KentuckyStory of the S.S. Kentucky, the first American ship to use the SOS distress signal in a Titanic-style disaster. And just like with the sinki
Paul AmiraultJun 13, 20174 minSOS STORIES, Part Two: The First American to Send an SOSThe story of Theodore Haubner and the Arapahoe, the first American ship to be rescued at sea by a SOS wireless distress call.
Paul AmiraultMay 17, 20175 minSOS STORIES, PART ONE: Titanic’s radio operator WASN'T the first to use the famous distress signThis is the story of the first use of the SOS distress call in a sea disaster. And it didn't involve Titanic!