Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855) a few minutes. Thirteen men and eleven head of cattle died in this accident, making the sinking of the "Ludwig" by the "Stadt Zürich" the most serious shipping accident known at that time that had happened on Lake Constance. One consequence of the investigations into the disaster was an improvement in the signal regulations: in addition to the white bow light a green starboard and a red port light had to be carried. After the Bavarian ship, the "Ludwig" had sunk, the "Jura" was bought as a replacement, a ship which hitherto had worked on Lake Neuchâtel. She was dismantled,
USS Starboard Unit (1918) Marsh on 5 March 1919. USS Starboard Unit (1918) USS "Starboard Unit" was a United States Navy patrol vessel acquired in 1918 but never commissioned. "Starboard Unit" was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name. On 5 November 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Joseph W. Marsh, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. World War I ended on 11 November 1918, six days after "Starboard Unit"s acquisition. No longer needed for naval service, "Starboard Unit" never received a section patrol (SP) number and was never commissioned.