MV JOYITA
October 3, 1955
Samoa → Tokelau Islands
16 crew
9 passengers
medical supplies
timber
empty oil drums
November 10, 1955
600 miles off course
doctor's bag
open on deck, contents scattered
INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS FREQUENCY
radio tuned, ready
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╳
deck
cable severed
inches short
Official conclusion: corroded pipe, slow flooding, abandonment to lifeboats.
lifeboats: never found
bodies: never found
distress signal: never sent
37 days adrift