Cuauhtemoc Voyage: South Street to the Brooklyn Bridge | Did the Controllable Pitch Propeller Fail?

Did Cuauhtemoc Have a Control Failure
May 20, 2025

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In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — breaks down a video showing the entire voyage of the Mexican Navy sail training ship Cuauhtemoc from the South Street Seaport to its allision with the Brooklyn Bridge and was the Controllable Pitch Propeller system the root cause?

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00:00 Video showing departure to bridge strike
06:02 Did Cuauhtémoc have a Controllable Pitch Propeller failure?
09:48 Video/MarineTraffic view of the allision
16:52 Analysis

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