20 Years ago

[Ratickle]

1993 A Tampa woman was seriously injured when a barracuda leaped into the cabin of a rented houseboat. The fish left her with wounds that required nearly 200 stitches.

Wow, that must of been a really big one......

 

[Bobcat]

1953 The Navy held a court-martial for a lieutenant commander who was in charge of a Navy Relief smoker held February at the Cuban Club. Seven men were charged for staging the affair, which started as an ordinary "stag show" and degenerated into a sexual orgy.

 

[old377guy]

1953 The Navy held a court-martial for a lieutenant commander who was in charge of a Navy Relief smoker held February at the Cuban Club. Seven men were charged for staging the affair, which started as an ordinary "stag show" and degenerated into a sexual orgy.

In Key West?!?!??!?

 

[Bobcat]

In 1953 ???

 

[Bobcat]

U-571 was busy !!

1942 The merchant vessel Pennsylvania Sun was sunk 54 miles southwest of the Dry Tortugas by the German submarine U-571

 

[Ratickle]

Friggin Germans!!!!!

 

[Bobcat]

1953 Because of pressure from the Navy, the city of Key West had outlawed B-girls that preyed on young sailors. The notorious Mardi Gras Night Club on Duval Street was a repeat violator of the ordinance.

 

[Ratickle]

Dang city ordinances!!! What's the matter with B girls????

 

[Bobcat]

1943 The U.S. Naval Air Ship (Blimp) K-74 was shot down by the German submarine U-134 near Elbow Cay on Cay Sal Banks, about 50 miles southeast of Marathon. Navy ships from Key West rescued the crew, except for one man, who was lost.

 

[BBB725]

U-571 was busy !!

1942 The merchant vessel Pennsylvania Sun was sunk 54 miles southwest of the Dry Tortugas by the German submarine U-571

I actually fished that spot 3 years ago, tons of jacks

 

[Bobcat]

How deep ?

 

[Bobcat]

1942 The merchant vessel Baja California was sunk 42 miles northeast of the Dry Tortugas by the German submarine U-84.

1942 The merchant vessel Port Antonio was sunk 95 miles of southwest of the Dry Tortugas by German sub U-129.

 

[BBB725]

How deep ?

If I remember right 600 feet

 

[BBB725]

1943 The U.S. Naval Air Ship (Blimp) K-74 was shot down by the German submarine U-134 near Elbow Cay on Cay Sal Banks, about 50 miles southeast of Marathon. Navy ships from Key West rescued the crew, except for one man, who was lost.

We fished Elbow Cay this year

 

[Bobcat]

We might have a weather window a week from tomorrow...If it doesn't rain all week...5 MPH winds.

 

[Bobcat]

1975 The treasure salvor tugboat Northwind sank, drowning Rick Gage, Dirk and Angel Fisher. They were searching for the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha.

1985 Mel Fisher, after searching for more than 15 years, found the mother lode of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha.

 

[BBB725]

I fished there too, just kidding

 

[Bobcat]

1942 The merchant vessel William C. Bryant was damaged 44 miles southwest of Key West by the German submarine U-84.

 

[Bobcat]

1982 Two men hijacked an Air Florida plane bound for Key West to Cuba by dousing a passenger and the cabin with gasoline and brandishing cigarette lighters.


1990 The movie "CrissCross" was being filmed in Key West

 

[Bobcat]

1863 The citizens of Key West presented a gold sword to Col. Tilghman H. Good, commander of the 47th Pennsylvania Regiment. Col. Good had rescinded an order that would have required about 600 citizens of Key West to be shipped to Charleston to be placed behind the Confederate state lines. The people of Key West raised $750 for the purchase of the sword in New York.

1865 Dr. Samuel Mudd, Edward Spangler and Samuel Arnold, who were convicted as conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, arrived at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas to serve their prison terms. There were 552 prisoners confined in the fort.