22448. [photograph] Italian freighter Etrusco aground near Scituate lighthouse.
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22448. [photograph] Italian freighter Etrusco aground near Scituate lighthouse.
22448. [photograph] Italian freighter Etrusco aground near Scituate lighthouse. In a blizzard on March 16, 1956, the 441-foot Italian freighter Etrusco ran aground near the lighthouse at Scituate, Mass. The Coast Guard used breeches buoy to bring ashore the 30-man crew, one of the last times that the breeches buoy would be used in a rescue. The ship remained at Cedar Point until the following December, when it was floated off at high tide after much of the rock around it was blasted away. Many thousands of people would visit Scituate Light that year to see the enormous wreck and watch the removal efforts. Photo is an original sepia print, 8″ x 10″ and provides an extremely clear, close view of the entire vessel taken from the beach off the starboard bow. As waves crash against the port side crewmen can be seen on the bridge and on the stone breakwater. (F-). $26.