This episode will cover a fast moving nor’easter that swept along the Chesapeake Bay and Choptank River, along with many other arrest of Delmarva.  The hardest hit though were the men on the water.  With barely any time to prepare, circumstances set upon them and left them fighting for their lives.

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Sources:

Baltimore Sun 2/4/1939

The Daily Times 2/4/1939

The Daily Mail 2/4/1939

DEADLY 1939 SQUALL PREYED ON BAY'S WATERMEN The 10-Minute Storm that Turned into the ‘Worst Tragedy in Skipjack History,’ 1939 - Secrets of the Eastern Shore

Choptank River - Wikipedia

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