Did hull plating deterioration lead to Captain Alex flooding and sinking?

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Uncontrolled flooding through a hole in the plating beneath the engine room of the 1996-built fishing vessel Captain Alex led to its sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Thursday, which says the hole was possibly caused by steel hull plating deterioration—beneath the engine room.

The 86.7-foot-long, 165-gross-ton, steel-hulled freezer trawler Captain Alex was fishing offshore of Galveston, Texas on Nov. 25, 2022, when it began...

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