Comment by jshprentz

The New York Times reported [1] that at least three other tall ships have struck the Brooklyn Bridge.

In 1921, the steel mainmast on the six-masted schooner Edward J. Lawrence was bent as the vessel was being towed under the bridge at high tide. [2]

In 1935, the first three of four steel masts were bent as the Hamburg-American freighter Tirpitz passed northward under the bridge during an "abnormally high tide." [3]

In 1986, a radar was knocked out of commission when the South Korean freighter Hai Soo scraped the bridge while heading south. [4]

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/1921/02/04/archives/ship-bends-mast-...

[3] https://www.nytimes.com/1935/10/03/archives/masts-of-freight...

[4] https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/11/nyregion/new-york-day-by-...