The Capt. Cosmo left Gloucester
Harbor on Sept. 2, 1978 for what was to have been a six or seven-day trip to Georges Bank.
The last known communication with the vessel occurred Friday, Sept. 8, with skipper Cosmo
Marcantonio giving his position as about 180 miles east of Cape Cod on
southeastern Georges Bank.
Conditions were rough at the time with seas running at 15
to 20 feet, a preliminary to a vicious storm that would blow up unexpectedly on the
fishing grounds the following day.
The air-sea search began on Sept. 11, 1978, after Geraldine
Marcantonio, wife of skipper Cosmo Marcantonio, reported that
the vessel, with five others aboard, was overdue on a week-long trip to Georges Bank that
was to have ended on Sept. 9.
After an intensive nine-day air and sea search, no trace of
the vessel was ever found.
Those aboard the Capt. Cosmo
were:
Cosmo Marcantonio, captain, 36 ;
John Burnham, 33;
Benjamin Interrante, 21;
Salvatore Grover, 30;
Vito Misuraca, 61;and
Jerome Pallazola, 50.
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