Required immediate shipyard availability to repair the eight-foot gash in her bow. Damage was later repaired in Long Beach, CA."ġ976 - Ingham: "June 4th or 6th of 1976 when the Ingham arriving Boston rammed the dock almost head on. Surmeier, USCG.ġ974-75 - Burton Island: "While on Deep Freeze '75, while escorting the USNS Pvt John R Towle through the ice pack, the Burton Island hit a pressure ridge, stopped, the Towle didn't. The Coast Guardsman who lost his life was EM3 Craig J. Two months for repairs."ġ972 - Minnetonka : "On 20 June 1972, on board the Minnetonka, a water heater in the CPO mess exploded, killing one crewman." She was towed back to Subic Bay for repairs."ġ971 - Sherman: "1971 the CGC Sherman while underway departing Boston Harbor for an ocean station had one turbine explode which blew a hole in the side of her hull."ġ971 - Castle Rock: "1971 Operation Market Time: While in a yard period at a sea chest valve on board the CGC Castle Rock was improperly reinstalled, which effectively flooded an entire engine room. Sailed with pumps running to Melbourne, Australia for emergency repairs, then home to Seattle for dry-dock repairs."ġ971 - Morgenthau : "In 1971 the Morgenthau suffered major damage to its keel and losing both propellers and the sonar dome while on patrol in Vietnam. Sustained substantial hull and keel damage. We were then sent to a floating drydock roughly a month in Wellington, N.Z., and had the rudder stock flown in from Seattle."ġ971 - Staten Island : "In early 1971 the Staten Island struck a submerged uncharted rock. I do not believe there were any major injuries, but the fire did quite a bit of damage."ġ970 - Edisto : "I served aboard the Edisto on Deepfreeze 69-70, it should be noted that while breaking pack ice we broke our rudder shaft and also lost our port screw's fairwater. The Seattle Fire Department had to use phosphorus rings to cut through the deck, to attack the fire. The fire spread into the cork insulation on the hull. The compartment was locked and the duty EM did not have a key. Total loss ġ969 - Evergreen: "In 1969 the Evergreen had a major engine room fire."ġ969 - Staten Island : "In 1969 a fire broke out in the transformer vault area amidships, near the EM shop, on board the Staten Island while moored in Seattle. The charts for that area were still listed as 'classified.' The damage sustained was not major." She was raised, repaired, and returned to service."ġ967 - Yakutat: "On July 6, 1967, USCGC Yakutat WHEC-380 collided with the USN tanker Cimarron during refueling in the waters off Viet Nam, split 14 frames, returned to Subic Bay for repairs."ġ967 - Staten Island: "In the summer of 1967 the Staten Island bounced on the bottom while traveling west from Prudhoe Bay after completing a survey of the area.The swells were five foot at the time and soundings for that area were extremely scarce. Navy tugs, she was eventually refloated and returned to service."ġ963 - Tamaroa: "In March 1963 the Tamaroa sank while in dry-dock at Bushey's Red Hook, Brooklyn. due to a navigation error by a junior officer. This caused a four foot gash on her port side and a hole under her bow caused by its own anchor coming through her hull after the anchor had been lowered to prevent the Acushnet from going aground while trying to get rescue lines to the General Greene."ġ960 - WAL 505 Relief sank after the SS Green Bay rammed her while the former was on station on 24 June 1960 at the entrance of Ambrose Channel.ġ962: " Spar sank to her main deck in Narragansett Bay in 1962 after striking the bottom just north of Prudence Island, Rhode Island."ġ962 - " Winnebago went aground on Tripod Reef in the west corridor at the entrance of Pearl Harbor at 2310 hours on 26 March 1962. Actual date the Iroquois grounded was 29 June 1954."ġ960 - Acushnet & General Greene : "On 7 March 1960 the Acushnet collided with the General Greene when the Acushnet attempted to rescue and prevent the General Greene from going aground. She was then sent to Seattle for major repairs." Vought (Chance-Vought) O2U-2 Corsair, 1934ġ955 - " Storis ran aground in the Wrangell Narrows, near Petersburg, Alaska. Sikorsky S-39 1930-1935 (on loan from Sikorsky) Martin P5M-1G/2G Marlin, 1954: (Flight Manual) Lockheed HC-130 B/H/J Hercules, 1959 also EC-130E Gulfstream Aviation C-20 B Gulfstream IV, 1983 Grumman UF-1G/2G (later HU-16E) Albatross (or Goat), 1951 History Photo Gallery General Aviation (Fokker) PJ-1 / PJ-2 Flying Boat, 1932 Consolidated Vultee PB4Y-1P Liberator, 1944: (Flight Manual)Ĭonsolidated Vultee PBY-5A / 6A Catalina, 1941: (Flight Manual)Ĭonvair HC-131A Samaritan, 1976: (Flight Manual)Ĭonvair PB2Y-3 Coronado, 1944 PB4Y-2G Privateer, 1945Ĭurtiss "BT" Flying Boat (twin propellers) 1916ĭassault-Breguet HU-25A / B / C Guardian, 1977
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