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	* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/JacobsonDatabase/NAVIG/ONTARIO.PDF Ontario navigation log.]		* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/JacobsonDatabase/NAVIG/ONTARIO.PDF Ontario navigation log.]
	* [[Timezones]] for ships and other locations related to the final flight.		* [[Timezones]] for ships and other locations related to the final flight.
			* [[Nightfall to Ship In Sight]].

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	== Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank'' ==		== Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank'' ==
	[[File:Lae to Howland.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank.'']]		[[File:Lae to Howland.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank.'']]
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	; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]		; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]

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	"The third USS ''Ontario'' (AT–13) was a single screw seagoing tug."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ontario_(AT-13)]		"The third USS ''Ontario'' (AT–13) was a single screw seagoing tug."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ontario_(AT-13)]

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	; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]		; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]

	: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the '''USS Ontario,''' whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the [[SS Myrtlebank]], a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.<ref>NARA, RG. 59, File 800.79611.</ref> Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between [[TIGHAR]] researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.		: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the '''USS Ontario,''' whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the [[MV Myrtlebank]], a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.<ref>NARA, RG. 59, File 800.79611.</ref> Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between [[TIGHAR]] researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]		; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]

	: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the USS Ontario, whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the SS Myrtlebank, a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.<ref>NARA, RG. 59, File 800.79611.</ref> Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between TIGHAR researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.		: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the '''USS Ontario,''' whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the [[SS Myrtlebank]], a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.<ref>NARA, RG. 59, File 800.79611.</ref> Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between [[TIGHAR]] researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	== Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank'' ==		== Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank'' ==
			[[File:Lae to Howland.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank.'']]

	; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]		; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]

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	: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the USS Ontario, whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the SS Myrtlebank, a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.<ref>NARA, RG. 59, File 800.79611.</ref> Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between TIGHAR researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.		: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the USS Ontario, whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the SS Myrtlebank, a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.<ref>NARA, RG. 59, File 800.79611.</ref> Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between TIGHAR researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.

			== References ==
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	== Links ==		== Links ==

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	; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]		; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]

	: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the USS Ontario, whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the SS Myrtlebank, a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.8 Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between TIGHAR researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.		: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the USS Ontario, whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the SS Myrtlebank, a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.<ref>NARA, RG. 59, File 800.79611.</ref> Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between TIGHAR researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.

	== Links ==		== Links ==

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	her direction finder to home in on the ship and make sure she was on course		her direction finder to home in on the ship and make sure she was on course
	for Howland" (''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 62).		for Howland" (''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 62).

			== Location of the ''Ontario'' and ''Myrtlebank'' ==

			; [[Randy Jacobson]], [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Worldflight/finalflight2.html "Final Flight, Part 2: Midpoint to the Vicinity of Howland."]

			: We know of only two ships in the general area that Earhart might have seen: the USS Ontario, whose position at that time was 2°59.02′S, 165°23.20′E, very close to the great circle path from Lae to Howland, and the SS Myrtlebank, a merchant vessel scheduled to arrive at Nauru the following morning, having departed New Zealand. The Lexington Search Report provides an approximate position of the Myrtlebank of 1°40′S, 166°45′E.8 Again, we speculate that Navy personnel inferred the Myrtlebank position based upon the State Department telegram. Based upon correspondence between TIGHAR researchers and the Third Mate of the Myrtlebank, who claimed he heard a plane that night cross his starboard quarter, we have roughly determined the limits of the Myrtlebank position at 1030 GMT: a 20nm by 10nm region oriented at 350° centered at 2°20′S, 167°10′E. At this juncture of the narrative, we are uncertain as to which ship, if any, Earhart saw that night, but will speculate later when we attempt to reconstruct the navigation of her flight. The deck logs of the Ontario report the seas are calm, visibility at least 40 miles, and cloud cover from 20 to 40%.

	== Links ==		== Links ==

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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/JacobsonDatabase/NAVIG/ONTARIO.PDF Ontario navigation log.]		* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/JacobsonDatabase/NAVIG/ONTARIO.PDF Ontario navigation log.]
			* [[Timezones]] for ships and other locations related to the final flight.

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