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Rogue wave sequence showing 60-foot plus wave hitting tanker headed southfrom Valdez, Alaska. The ship was running in about 25-foot seas when amonster wave struck it broadside on the starboard side. The sequence shows thewave striking the OVERSEAS CHICAGO, rolling over the deck, and then the shipheeling to port with water rushing off. A lesser ship could have been lost.