SS ''David C. Reid'' was an American molasses tanker that sank on 14 October 1928. Her last known position was given in an

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as , or just west of the

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Memorial

The ''David C. Reid's'' radio operator, J. Maurice Black, is honored on the Wireless Operator's Monument in

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, New York City. Strangely, the entry lists the location as "South Atlantic".

Storm

The

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's ''Monthly Weather Review'' for October 1928 noted that ''David C. Reid'' was not far from a

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at the time she disappeared.

References

Tankers of the United States Maritime incidents in 1928 Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Missing ships {{Merchantship-stub