The Coast Guard announced today that it has convened a formal Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) to investigate the loss of the small passenger vessel Conception.
Coast Guard assistant commandant for prevention policy, Rear Adm. Richard Timme, made the announcement.
The 75’x25’ wooden hulled Conception caught fire and sank in the early morning hours of Sept. 2, 2019, just off Santa Cruz Island in California. Only five of the 39 people onboard survived.
A commandant-directed formal MBI is the...