When 10-year-old Ken Wacker went to bed at his grandparents' house on Saturday, Sept. 8, 1934, "I said to myself, 'You're an orphan — face it.' " He was half-right. Ken's parents, Lillian and Herbert ...

Today marks the 90th anniversary of the SS Morro Castle disaster, which claimed over 130 lives off the coast of New Jersey. To commemorate the tragedy, the Asbury Park Historical Society is hosting a ...

Emil Salvini explores one of the United States' worst maritime disasters. Historian and author Emil Salvini explores one of the United States' worst maritime disasters, the SS Morro Castle. Told ...

ASBURY PARK – The luxury cruise ship SS Morro Castle was engulfed in flames when it beached near the 6th Avenue jetty on the morning of Sept. 8, 1934. The blaze, as well as insufficient evacuation and ...

The news the morning of Saturday, Sept. 8, 1934, was especially sad in Newport News. The front page of the Daily Press was black with headlines about the burning of the SS Morro Castle in the Atlantic ...

SEPTEMBER 8, 1934: A fire led to the deaths of 135 people on the luxury ocean liner SS Morro Castle in a tragedy that would forever change the way ships were designed on this day in 1934. The vessel, ...

BEACH HAVEN - The builders plate/plaque from the Morro Castle was given on loan Monday from the Bayville Historical Society to the New Jersey Maritime Museum. Jerry Beer of Bayville presented the ...

Launched on March 5, 1930, the luxury liner SS Morro Castle became a prominent workhorse of the New York to Havana passenger trade, making the 1,100-plus-mile trip in only 59 hours on its maiden ...