Found this 'photo postcard' in my grandparents collection. I never knew about this. "In terms of lives lost, the foundering of the Iowa on Peacock Spit is the greatest maritime disaster recorded in the twentieth century on the Columbia River Bar." (article link in reply)Submitted by Nixx_Mazda t3_10a6sbs in Washington
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Yes, this museum is great!! They have a display to try and show you how crazy the bar is: an actual small vessel, riding almost vertically on a wave. Truly awesome, in the biblical sense of the word.
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