may G-d rest the souls of all involved... The monument @ Mt Herzl is particularly poignant.

She was berthed next to us in Portsmouth, the boat was a mess with all the changes being made. Our Captain said to me "I would never go to sea in that thing!" Appears to snorkelling mast caused the disaster and there was no foreign involvement whatsoever, although the sceptics like to think otherwise.

Perhaps as a revenge for the Liberty, the US does not like to take the high road even though the Liberty was an accident, not surprising that the last known photo was taken by the US Air Force