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Coordinates: 40.2281°N 73.9942°W. SS Morro Castle was an American ocean liner that caught fire and ran aground on the morning of September 8, 1934, en route from Havana, Cuba, to New York, New York, United States, with the loss of 137 passengers and crew.
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10 wrz 2013 · The black marble block situated next to Convention Hall is engraved with the image and story of the disaster that met the SS Morro Castle, a passenger cruise ship that, beginning on September...
19 lis 2021 · SS Morro Castle burnt and shipwrecked off the coast of New Jersey, 1934. By mid-morning, the ship was totally abandoned and its burning hull drifted ashore, coming to a stop in shallow water off Asbury Park, New Jersey.
On Saturday, September 8th, 1934, the SS Morro Castle cruise ship caught fire along the Jersey shore. Learn more about the history behind this tragic event.
9 sie 2013 · Discover SS Morro Castle Monument in Asbury Park, New Jersey: Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.
Nothing could have been more terrifying than being a passenger or crew member aboard the “Morro Castle” in the early morning hours of September 7, 1934 when fire erupted in two places on the 508’ long, 11,250 gross tons of elegant ship.
