The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca was the last ship to have radio contact with Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan before their disappearance; the last recorded communication from their plane was at about 8:43 a.m. on July 2, 1937 and read in part, "We are on the line 157 337 wl rept msg we wl rept…"
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Radio logs from the Itasca show it was the final vessel to report contact with Earhart's aircraft prior to the disappearance.