AH-WR-1834

Nina

Fishing Dragger · United States · Lost April 1952; exact day unresolved because transcription heading Thursday, April 22, 1952 conflicts with the calendar. Fire preceded sinking shortly after midnight. · Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine

Formerly June Bride, Nina burned off Cape Ann in 1952; five fishermen escaped in dories before firefighting efforts failed.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built in 1933, the sixty-one-foot auxiliary fishing dragger was named June Bride before Philip Parisi bought her in January 1952. He renamed her Nina after his daughter Antonina and operated her from Gloucester. In April 1952, fire erupted from the engine room while five men hauled the net seven miles northeast of Thacher’s Island buoy. Salvatore and Grace rescued everyone from two dories. Coast Guardsmen aboard General Greene fought the fire, but the vessel sank shortly after midnight.

Vessel

Built: 1933
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: 61 ft
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Auxiliary engine
Owners: Captain Philip "Scotty" Parisi

Loss

Date: April 1952; exact day unresolved because transcription heading Thursday, April 22, 1952 conflicts with the calendar. Fire preceded sinking shortly after midnight.
Cause: Fire
Location: Seven miles northeast of Thacher’s Island buoy, off Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Water: Gulf of Maine
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: 5
Lives lost: 0
Master: Philip "Scotty" Parisi

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Thacher Island, Rockport, Massachusetts
Region: Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine

Seven miles northeast of Thacher Island buoy is within Cape Ann bounds; no coordinate derived from bearing/distance. Historical fifty-fathom sinking report not adopted as surveyed present depth.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (77/100)

Exact loss day, normalized building location, hull material, surveyed position and present wreck condition remain unverified.

R. Sheedy — Down to Sea, The Nina (transcription headed Thursday, April 22, 1952)
Full private historical transcription read:1933build,61ft,former June Bride,purchase/renaming by Philip Parisi,April1952 fire seven miles NE Thacher Island buoy,five rescued in two dories by Salvatore and Grace,failed General Greene firefighting and subsequent sinking. Heading date/weekday and rescue headline conflicts disclosed; original newspaper scan not inspected.