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When the Silent Sea Took a Friend: The Disappearance of Fisherman Mark Doughty
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When the Silent Sea Took a Friend: The Disappearance of Fisherman Mark Doughty
Posted by admin on July 17, 2025, 22:51 239 0

The Fateful Voyage of the Starbound

Mark Doughty, a 33‑year‑old fisherman from Gloucester, Massachusetts, embarked on what would become his final voyage aboard the Starbound, a herring trawler owned by Atlantic Mariner Inc. On the night of August 5, 2001, the Starbound was approximately 130 miles off Cape Ann when it was struck by a much larger vessel—identified as the Russian oil tanker Virgo. The collision, occurring at roughly 1 a.m., sent the trawler sinking within seconds.

A Crew Caught Unprepared

According to the sole survivor, Captain Joseph Marcantonio, two crew members—Mark Doughty and Tom Frontiero—were asleep below deck when the collision struck on the port side. Junior crewmember James “Jimmy” Sanfilippo had been at the helm and shouted warnings, but the trawler sank in as little as ten seconds, allowing almost no time for surface crew to respond....Read More

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