The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luling–Destrehan_Ferry" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luling–Destrehan Ferry">Luling–Destrehan Ferry</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_George_Prince_ferry_disaster" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="MV George Prince ferry disaster">MV <i id="mwqg">George Prince</i> is struck</a> by the Norwegian freighter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Frosta" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Frosta">SS <i id="mwrA">Frosta</i></a> while crossing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Parish,_Louisiana" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="St. Charles Parish, Louisiana">St. Charles Parish, Louisiana</a>. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.