SS David C. Reid explained

SS David C. Reid was an American molasses tanker that sank on 14 October 1928. Her last known position was given in an SOS as 37°N -38°W, or just west of the Azores.

Memorial

The David C. Reid's radio operator, J. Maurice Black, is honored on the Wireless Operator's Monument in Battery Park, New York City. Strangely, the entry lists the location as "South Atlantic".^[1]

Storm

The American Meteorological Society's Monthly Weather Review for October 1928 noted that David C. Reid was not far from a tropical storm at the time she disappeared.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Veteran Wireless Association 2005 Yearbook . 2 January 2008 . April 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060828154358/http://www.vwoa.org/Newsletters/Yearbook2005OnLIne2.pdf . 28 August 2006 .
2. Web site: Monthly Weather Review, Volume 56, Issue 10 (October 1928). 2 January 2008. 1928.