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The M/V ''Summit Venture'' was a bulk carrier built in 1976, in Nagasaki, Japan. She was 579.8 feet long, beam of 85.5 feet, and displacement of 19,734 tons. She would cruise (loaded) at 13.5 knots at 100% power and 10.9 knots at 50% power. ==1980 incident== ''Summit Venture'' was involved in a fatal collision with a bridge in Tampa Bay, Florida on May 9, 1980. While negotiating a required turn in the narrow channel during a storm, the radar failed, and the freighter struck one of the piers on the southbound span of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge. 1,400 feet of the steel cantilever highway bridge collapsed, causing a Greyhound bus, and six other vehicles, to fall 165 feet into the bay. A total of 35 people died. The pilot of the ''Summit Venture'' on that day was John E. Lerro. He was cleared of wrongdoing by both a state grand jury and a Coast Guard investigation. Although Lerro resumed his shipping duties soon afterward, he was forced to retire months later by the onset of multiple sclerosis, dying from complications caused by the disease on August 31, 2002 at the age of 59. Wesley MacIntire was the only person who survived the fall. His vehicle hit the ''Summit Venture's'' deck before falling into Tampa Bay, allowing him to escape. He sued the company that owned the ship, and settled for $175,000 in 1984. He died in 1989, always regretting the fact that he was the sole survivor among those that fell. A new bridge was completed in 1987 to replace the old. Several safeguards were included in the design to prevent a repeat occurrence of the ''Summit Venture'' incident, such as the installation of massive concrete bumpers or "dolphins" around the main span's piers to mitigate collisions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Summit Venture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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