SeaWaves Today in History December 7, 2007 ********************************************************************* December 7 Every US Coast Guard unit will fly the American Flag at half-mast today in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1769 - The Order of St. George, the highest award for military valor in Russia, was instituted 1876 - SS Northern Light starts first regular service from Prince Edward Island to the mainland 1911 - Chilean submarines Iquique & Antofagasta ordered from Seattle Construction & Drydock Co. Failed acceptance trials and resold to British Columbia 1914 1917 - Four US battleships arrive at Scapa Flow taking on the role of the British Grand Fleet's Sixth Battle Squadron. Include USS Delaware, Florida, New York and Wyoming 1939 - HMS Seaborn commissioned as flagship Rear Admiral 3rd Battleship Squadron Halifax NS 1941 - Corvette HMCS Windflower rammed & sunk in convoy SC.58 by Dutch freighter Zypenhberg C/S "PIZW", in dense fog off the Grand Banks. 23 crewmembers lost. Windflower was cut down in thick fog by the bow of the freighter. One of her boilers blew up & within 10 minutes she was sinking. Her starboard lifeboat was thrown overboard by the force of the explosion, dragging along several of the men who had been attempting to launch it. As live steam from the exploded boiler seethed up through the fog the men remaining on board got away the port lifeboat & one carley float. Windflower's stern went under, her fore part rose out of the water & leaned perilously over the men close alongside. Some of those on the float, seeing the looming shape above them, prepared to abandon their refuge for the water, where they would almost certainly have drowned. A Petty Officer calling upon all his stock of authority & the mighty resources of a naval vocabulary kept them in their places while the bow leaned off in the other direction & sank slowly from sight. HMS Nasturtium returned to join with Zypenhberg in rescuing 47 of Windflower's company, three of whom died later. Convoy SC-58 (49-ships in ten columns) sailed from Sydney, NS, on 04 Dec. An eight-ship mid-ocean escort group (Lt. H.S. Rayner in St Laurent, Senior Officer), relieved the local escort group on 06 Dec. Windflower was stationed on the starboard bow of the convoy but lost contact with the main body in heavy fog. The OOW reversed course and was closing to resume station when she was sighted by Zypenhberg crossing her bow from right to left at a distance of 400 yards. Zypenhberg, Capt Bakker, Master, which was the fourth in the starboard column of five ships, went full astern & began sound signals to warn the next ship astern, Baltara (3,300 GRT). Windflower went to full ahead & altered to starboard but was struck on the port quarter & lost 25 feet of her stern. For a time it appeared that the ship could be saved but the after bulkhead finally gave away & caused the boiler to explode, which was the main cause of the casualties. HMS Nasturtium, hearing the explosion, assumed that the convoy was under attack & closed the area, carrying out a depth charge attack on an Asdic contact that was actually the sinking Windflower. In the process she seriously damaged herself although no casualties were inflicted on the 47 Windflower survivors that were recovered by Zypenhberg. Zypenhberg & Nasturtium were detached to St. John's while the remainder of the convoy continued. Four days later a strong gale scattered the formation but there was fortunately no contact with the enemy & the ships arrived safely in Liverpool on 21 Dec 41 1941 - More than 300 planes from six Japanese carriers sink or disable 19 Navy ships (including six battleships) at Pearl Harbor; about 150 aircraft are destroyed on the ground. More than 2,400 military and civilian personnel were killed and another 1,178 were injured. At the same time, Japanese forces attack the Philippines, Guam and Midway, as well as British bases in Hong Kong and the Malay Peninsula. Japanese reply rejecting United States note of Nov. 26 was subsequently delivered to Secretary Hull at 2 -15 p. m. [Washington time] The Japanese attack began at 0755 Hawaii time -- five minutes prior to the 0800 time previously ordered by IJN authorities, and planned for by Japanese authorities who had sent their emissaries in D.C. a message to that effect. But their message came in code, the embassy's people were almost all gone for the weekend, getting a decoding man took time, and decoding the message -- to the crucial page 17 (unknown to them, US authorities had already picked off and decoded the previous pages, which were nerve-wracking but did not flatly announce anything) -- added more time. The two emissaries thus were unable to deliver it inclusive of page 17, which declared a state of war, until after the attack had occurred -- a profound violation of both Samurai tradition (which demanded that an enemy never be attacked without warning), and the broad, deep, and instantly reactive American anger toward any such thing. The first national announcements of the attack came over network radio broadcasts, all of which were suddenly and repeatedly interrupted for it. To this day, with those yet alive who were then old enough to even sense it, December 7 remains an indelible and traumatic memory; even those who were young children then at home on a quiet Sunday afternoon can still recall tiny details of the who, what, and where about them at that time 1941 - USN/USCG ship in Hawaiian waters - I. WARSHIPS - 50 A. BATTLESHIPS - 8 USS Arizona, BB-39 - sunk 7 Dec 41; national memorial at Pearl Harbor USS California, BB-44 - sold for scrap Jul 59 USS Maryland, BB-46 - sold for scrap Jul 59 USS Nevada, BB-36 - sunk in weapons test Jul 48 USS Oklahoma, BB-37 - capsized 7 Dec 41; raised 1943 but not repaired; parted tow line en route San Francisco and sank May 47 USS Pennsylvania, BB-38 - scuttled off Kwajalein Feb 48 USS Tennessee, BB-43 - sold for scrap Jul 59 USS West Virginia, BB-48 - sold for scrap Aug 59 B. HEAVY CRUISERS - 2 USS New Orleans, CA-32 - sold for scrap Sep59 USS San Francisco, CA-38 - sold for scrap Sep59 C. LIGHT CRUISERS - 6 USS Detroit, CL-8 - sold for scrap Feb 46 USS Helena, CL-50 - sunk in Kula Gulf, Jul 43 USS Honolulu, CL-48 - sold for scrap Nov 59 USS Phoenix, CL-46 - to Argentina Oct 51; sunk during Falklands War USS Raleigh, CL-7 - sold for scrap Feb 46 USS St. Louis, CL-49 - to Brazil Jan 51 D. DESTROYERS - 30 USS Allen, DD-66 - sold for scrap Sep 46 USS Aylwin, DD-355 - sold for scrap Dec 46. USS Bagley, DD-386 - sold for scrap Oct 47 USS Blue, DD-387 - sunk off Guadalcanal Aug 42 USS Case, DD-370 - sold for scrap Dec 47 USS Cassin, DD-372 - sold for scrap Nov 47 USS Chew, DD-106 - sold for scrap Oct 46 USS Conyngham, DD-371 - sunk as target Jul 48 USS Cummings, DD-365 - sold for scrap Jul 47 USS Dale, DD-353 - sold for scrap Dec 46 USS Dewey, DD-349 - sold for scrap Dec 46 USS Downes, DD-375 - sold for scrap Nov 47 USS Farragut, DD-348 - sold for scrap Aug 47 USS Helm, DD-388 - sold for scrap Oct 47 USS Henley, DD-391 - sunk in Huron Gulf Oct 43 USS Hull, DD-350 - sunk by typhoon Dec 44 USS Jarvis, DD-393 - sunk off Guadalcanal Aug 42 USS Macdonough, DD-351 - sold for scrap Dec 46 USS Monaghan, DD-354 - sunk by typhoon Dec 44 USS Mugford, DD-389 - sunk off Kwajalein Mar 48 USS Patterson, DD-392 - sold for scrap Aug 47 USS Phelps, DD-360 - sold for scrap Aug 47 USS Ralph Talbot, DD-390 - sunk as target Mar 48 USS Reid, DD-369 - sunk off Leyte, PI Dec 44 USS Schley, DD-103 - scrapped 1946 USS Selfridge, DD-357 - sold for scrap Nov 46 USS Shaw, DD-373 - sold for scrap 1946 USS Tucker, DD-374 - sunk off Espiritu Santo Aug 42 USS Ward, DD-139 - sunk off Leyte Dec 44 USS Worden, DD-352 - sunk off Amchitka Jan 43 E. SUBMARINES - 4 USS Cachalot, SS-170 - sold for scrap Jan 47 USS Dolphin, SS-169 - sold for scrap Aug 46 USS Narwhal, SS-167 - sold for scrap Nov 45 USS Tautog, SS-199 - sold for scrap Jul 60 II. MINE WARFARE SHIPS - 23 A. HIGH SPEED MINESWEEPERS - 4 USS Perry, DMS-17 - sunk off Palau Is Sep 44 USS Trever, DMS-16 - sold for scrap Nov 46 USS Wasmuth, DMS-15 - sunk off Aleutian Is Dec 42 USS Zane, DMS-14 - sold for scrap Oct 46 B. LIGHT MINELAYERS - 8 USS Breese, DM-18 - sold for scrap May 46 USS Gamble, DM-15 - scuttled off Guam Jul 45 USS Montgomery, DM-17 - sold for scrap Mar 46 USS Preble, DM-20 - sold for scrap Oct 46 USS Pruitt, DM-22 - sold for scrap 1946 USS Ramsay, DM-16 - sold for scrap Nov 46 USS Sicard, DM-21 - sold for scrap Jun 46 USS Tracy, DM-19 - sold for scrap 1946 C. MINELAYER - 1 USS Oglala, CM-4 - to Maritime Commission Jul 46 D. MINESWEEPERS - 6 USS Bobolink, AM-20 - sold Oct 46 USS Grebe, AM-43 - destroyed by hurricane Jan 43 USS Rail, AM-26 - to Maritime Commission Jan 47 USS Tern, AM-31 - sold Jul 47 USS Turkey, AM-13 - sold Dec 46 USS Vireo, AM-52 - to Maritime Commission Feb 47 E. MINESWEEPERS, COASTAL - 4 Cockatoo, AMc-8 - to Maritime Commission Sep 46 Condor, AMc-14 - to Maritime Commission Jul 46 Crossbill, AMc-9 - to Maritime Commission Mar 47 Reedbird, AMc-30 - to Maritime Commission Nov 46 III. PATROL SHIPS - 13 A. GUNBOAT - 1 USS Sacramento, PG-19 - sold Aug 47 B. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS - 12 PT-20 - stricken for obsolescence, Dec 44. PT-21 - stricken for obsolescence, Oct 43. PT-22 - badly damaged in storm, Jan 43; scrapped. PT-23 - reclassified as small boat, Oct 43. PT-24 - reclassified as small boat, Dec 44. PT-25 - reclassified as small boat, Oct 43. PT-26 - reclassified as small boat, Oct 43. PT-27 - reclassified as small boat, Dec 44. PT-28 - wrecked in storm, Jan 43. PT-29 - stricken for obsolescence, Dec 44. PT-30 - stricken for obsolescence, Mar 44. PT-42 - stricken for obsolescence, Dec 44. IV. AUXILIARY SHIPS - 28 A. AMMUNITION SHIP - 1 USS Pyro, AE-1 - sold for scrap Mar 50 B. CARGO SHIP - 1 USS Vega, AK-17 - sold for scrap Aug 46 C. DESTROYER TENDERS - 2 USS Dobbin, AD-3 - sold 1951 USS Whitney, AD-4 - sold for scrap Mar 48 D. GENERAL STORES ISSUE SHIPS - 2 USS Antares, AKS-3 - sold 1947 USS Castor, AKS-1 - sold Dec 68 E. HOSPITAL SHIP - 1 USS Solace, AH-5 - sold 1948 F. MISCELLANEOUS AUXILIARIES - 3 USS Argonne, AG-31 - sold 1951 USS Sumner, AG-32 - to Maritime Commission Sep 46 USS Utah, AG-16 - capsized 7 Dec 41; remains as partially submerged hulk at Pearl Harbor. G. OCEAN-GOING TUGS - 4 USS Keosangua, AT-38 - sold Jul 47 USS Navajo, AT-64 - sunk east of New Hebrides Sep 43 USS Ontario, AT-13 - sold Apr 47 USS Sunnadin, AT-28 - to Maritime Commission Jan 47 H. OILERS - 2 USS Neosho, AO-23 - sunk in Coral Sea May 42 USS Ramapo, AO-12 - to Maritime Commission Jul 46 I. REPAIR SHIPS - 3 USS Medusa, AR-1 - sold for scrap Aug 50 USS Rigel, AR-11 - sold 1950 USS Vestal, AR-4 - sold for scrap Jul 50 J. SEAPLANE TENDERS - 2 USS Curtiss, AV-4 - sold Jan 72 USS Tangier, AV-8 - sold for scrap Jul 61 K. SEAPLANE TENDERS, DESTROYER - 2 USS Hulbert, AVD-6 - sold for scrap Oct 46 USS Thornton, AVD-11 - beached and abandoned off Okinawa Apr 45 L. SMALL SEAPLANE TENDERS - 2 USS Avocet, AVP-4 - sold Dec 46 USS Swan, AVP-7 - to Maritime Commission Oct 46 M. SUBMARINE RESCUE VESSEL - 1 USS Widgeon, ASR-1 - sold for scrap 1948 N. SUBMARINE TENDER - 1 USS Pelias, AS-14 - sold 1971 O. UNCLASSIFIED MISCELLANEOUS - 1 Chengho, IX-52 - returned to owner 1946 V. SERVICE CRAFT - 27 A. DISTRICT YARD CRAFT - 2 YP-108 YP-109 B. FERRYBOAT - 1 Manuwai, YFB-17 - struck Sep 54 C. FUEL OIL BARGES - 4 YO-21 YO-30 YO-43 YO-44 D. GARBAGE LIGHTERS - 3 YG-15 YG-17 YG-21 E. GATE VESSEL - 1 YNg-17 F. HARBOR TUGS - 8 Hoga, YT-146 - leased to Oakland, California Mar 75; still USN Nokomis, YT-142 - sold 1973 Osceola, YT-129 - sold 1973 Sotoyomo, YT-9 - destroyed Feb 46 YT-119 YT-130 YT-152 YT-153 G. MOTOR TUG - 1 YMT-5 H. NET TENDERS (BOOM) - 5 Ash, YN-2 - sold 1962 Cinchona, YN-7 - sold 1962 Cockenoe, YN-47 - to Maritime Commission Jul 47 Marin, YN-53 - to Maritime Commission Mar 47 Wapello, YN-56. I. TORPEDO TESTING BARGE - 1 YTT-3 J. WATER BARGE - 1 YW-16VI. US COAST GUARD VESSELS - 4 A. COAST GUARD BOAT - 1 CG 8 B. CRUISING CUTTERS - 3 USCGC Reliance, 150 - sold Jun 48 USCGC Taney, 68 - struck Dec 86. Now in Baltimore, Maryland Maritime Museum USCGC Tiger, 152 - sold 1948 1941- USCGC Taney's screen of anti-aircraft fire prevented Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor from destroying Honolulu power plant. A total of six Coast Guard cutters were stationed in Honolulu on Dec. 7, 1941 under the command of the US Navy. The 327-foot Coast Guard Cutter Taney, two 125- foot patrol craft, the Reliance and Tiger, the 190-foot buoy tender Kukui, two 78-foot patrol boats and several smaller vessels were home ported in Honolulu during the attack. Coast Guard Cutter Taney was decommissioned in 1986 and is now at the Baltimore Maritime Museum 1941 - River gunboat USS Wake captured at Shanghai China 1942 - Corvette HMCS Oakville arrived New York for duty under USN Commander Eastern Frontier, New York-Guantanamo convoys, Dec 42 - Feb 43 1942 - Battleship USS New Jersey launched at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1942 - IJN Captain Sato leads a Tokyo Express run to Guadalcanal tonight. US PT Boats (PT 36, PT 37, PT 40, PT 43, PT 44, PT 48, PT 59, and PT 109) force his destroyers to retire 1943 - Frigates HMCS Valleyfield & Wentworth commissioned 1943 - Minelayer HMCS Whitethroat commissioned 1943 - Depot ship HMCS Givenchy paid off 1943 - Battleship USS Wisconsin launched 1944 - RN Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm carry out Operation Urbane, laying mines and attacking shipping off Stavanger, Norway 1944 - Frigates HMCS Saint John, Stormont, Port Colborne, Nene, Loch Alvie & Monnow arrived Kola Inlet with Convoy JW-62 1944 - Tug HMCS Glenkeen launched Kingston ON 1944 - Destroyer USS Mahan sunk after being hit by three Kamikaze aircraft in Leyte Gulf 1944 - Corvette HMCS Nanaimo arrived Esquimalt BC for refit 1944 - Seventh Fleet lands Army troops on shore of Ormoc Bay. Kamikazes attack Task Force, damaging several US Navy ships 1944 - USS Ward, which fired the opening shot at Pearl Harbor and sank a Japanese midget submarine, is kamikazed and sunk at Leyte 1944 - USS LSM-318 sunk by Kamikaze attack off Ormoc Leyte 1948 - Rear-Admiral Edmond "Rollo" Mainguy RCN, Flag Officer Atlantic Coast, opened a Maritime Museum in Building 21 of HMC Dockyard in Halifax, NS. The collection consisted mainly of artifacts relating to the RCN & the German Navy from World War II, although there was a "Trafalgar Room" which contained muskets, pistols, cutlasses, & other items dating from the Napoleonic period. A local newspaper noted - "The Commodore (Adrian Mitchell Hope, Chairman of the Board) stated that the present collection of war weapons would form the nucleus of what is planned to be a marine display of national interest which will be opened to the general public. The Museum's main purpose was "to provide a naval background in weapons for Junior Officers & men of the Navy as part of their Naval Education. The museum prides itself on the fact that every weapon exhibited is in prime condition & can be loaded & fired, no matter what the type or age." The RCN relinquished control of the Museum in 1957 when it became known as the Maritime Museum of Canada, & having survived five moves, is now the Provincially owned & operated Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1954 - Submarine HMS Alcide departed Halifax following ASW training 1964 - USS Coral Sea commenced Vietnam deployment 1965 - USS Ticonderoga port call Yokosuka 1968 - USCGC White Alder sinks after colliding with the M/V Helena near White Castle, LA. 17 Coast Guard personnel were killed 1990 - DOD announces 8 December deployment of USS Ranger Carrier Battle Group with appropriate escorts and embarked airwings. USS Horne, San Diego, and USS Jarrett, Long Beach, deploy to Persian Gulf 2004 - ITAR-TASS reported Project 941 (NATO Typhoon) submarine Dmitry Donskoy was ready for service but lacks only Bulava ballistic missiles promised only for 2006. According to Interfax, the submarine was under upgrade since 1989 and was equipped with modern systems of communication, acoustic and radiation control. The submarine was loaded with fresh nuclear fuel. It is scheduled to return to its base in Zapadnaya Litsa at the beginning of 2005 2004 - George Armoyan, President & CEO of Clarke Inc., announced that Clarke has acquired the container ship, MV Shamrock, for US$11.05 million. The Shamrock had been detained in Portland, Maine since July following repossession by Fortis Bank of the Netherlands, and was the only cargo ship servicing the Portland Harbor. Clarke is currently in discussions concerning possible trade routes and expects that the ship will begin sailing early in 2005 2004 - Kockums received an order to build six hulls and superstructures in fiber composite for the Danish Navy. The order also includes installation of complete propulsion systems. The order was won in fierce competition on the open market. The order secures manning levels at the composite workshops in Karlskrona up to 2007. Work on the order will start immediately, with final delivery scheduled for 2007 2005 - Submarine NRP Delfim conducted last dive prior to decommissioning 2005 - Two ships collided in a German river, sinking one of the vessels and throwing seven of its sailors into the water, according to an AP report. A third ship later ran into the wreckage. Tugboats pulled the sailors from the estuary of the Elbe River after a freighter carrying fertilizer collided with a container ship north of the port city of Hamburg. The freighter capsized and quickly sank. A tanker, which was also carrying fertilizer, plowed into the wreck in the dark about an hour later. The container ship was able to continue its journey, while the tanker was pulled free and brought into a nearby harbor 2005 - A man is in serious condition after one of two commercial tugs towing a log barge capsized, becoming lodged beneath the giant boat and throwing its captain into the water, according to a Daily Astorian report. One of the sunken tug Tiger’s crewmembers jumped into the water to help the captain, while another crewmember threw the two men a line until they could be pulled to safety with help from a Columbia River Bar Pilots helicopter and a pilot boat. The USCG launched a 47-ft. (14.3 m) motor lifeboat and a utility boat from Station Cape Disappointment, which stood by as the second tug, the Howard Olsen, took control of the barge and the capsized boat, according to the report. Astoria police, the Astoria Fire Department and the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office also responded. The captain has been identified as David Schmelzer of Foss Maritime 2005 - John P. Walters, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, addressed the media following a presentation to USCGC Hamilton in San Diego. Hamilton was recognized, today, for their 90-day patrol in which they seized nearly 13 metric tons of cocaine 2005 - The USCG and the Washington State Patrol are investigating a report that a man forced his way aboard a Washington State Ferry from the Southworth Terminal. At 0640 the man reportedly forced his way past two ferry workers and jumped on the Merchant Vessel Klahowya as it was making final preparations to get underway. The captain of the Klahowya remained at the Southworth terminal and immediately notified the Washington State Patrol. The Klahowya was delayed for approximately 20 minutes. The Washington State Patrol and the Coast Guard are jointly investigating the incident 2005 - The Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI) has developed a deep-sea autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can operate in the depths of 6,000 meters 2005 - Heritage buffs have called in the navy to help protect a historical site in the middle of Esquimalt Harbor. In the 1800s, Cole Island was the site of a busy ammunition depot. But today it sits abandoned, little more than a collection of 19th century buildings that are in bad shape and getting worse. For more than 100 years harsh weather and tides have battered the buildings on the tiny island. And there is a new threat: armed with sledgehammers, vandals are taking their toll on part of BC's coastal history. They've been stealing bricks, burning and even blowing up the buildings 2005 - A Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashed in the ocean off Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula yesterday, killing two people on board. The bodies were pulled from the water several hours later by a navy vessel searching the area. The names of the dead were not released. The crash occurred at about 4:30 p.m. as the MBB-105 helicopter was returning to Marystown after landing at Go By Point to repair a land-based navigational aid 2005 - A Coast Guard helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles medevaced a 65-year-old man from the cruise ship Monarch of the Seas off the coast of Los Angeles. The man, suffering from internal bleeding and decreasing blood pressure, was taken by an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter to the Torrance Memorial Hospital in Torrance, CA. The rescue occurred at 0145 13 miles southeast of Catalina Island 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems handed over the third and last Class 124 frigate to the Federal Office of Defense and Procurement. The ship was built by Nordseewerke shipyard in Emden within the ARGE F124 consortium incorporating as well Blohm + Voss (Hamburg) and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (Kiel). With the handover of the frigate Hessen, the F124 construction schedule, which represents one of the German Navy's biggest procurement plans with orders totaling around 1.5 billion Euros, is successfully concluded 2005 - Joe Borg, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, in Slovenia where he will meet with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Ms Marica Lukacic 2005 - Nigerian naval authorities yesterday released a Motor Tanker, MT Moat, and a barge named Marine Supplier One, earlier seized in Lagos, to their owners, after almost 18 months in custody, for allegedly contravening shipping regulations. While MT Moat was seized on March 2004, Supplier One was impounded on May 28, same year. The Motor Tanker was operated by 3s International Limited and owned by Mrs Shade Shenbote, while the barge was operated by Industrial and Marine Petroleum Limited, and owned by Bestway Enugiese Ose 2006 - Adm. Gary Roughead, Pacific Fleet commander; retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, World War II ace and first man to break the sound barrier; retired Capt. Wally Schirra, one of the original seven astronauts; and retired Adm. Ron Hayes, former Pacific forces commander preside at opening of Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor 2006 - A Florida man and his dog were towed by USCGC Seneca about 75 miles northeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Tracey Geiger of Fort Lauderdale and his chow-chow Croix planned to sail from Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands when the vessel's rudder broke. Geiger placed a radio distress call around noon, Wednesday. Seneca, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter, arrived on-scene around 0345 and began towing the disabled vessel. The Caribbean Rose, a 36-foot sailing vessel, was towed to Providence Island, Bahamas 2006 - Coastguard tug Anglian Monarch was instructed to proceed to the assistance of the Dutch Warship Johan de Witt. The warship had suffered a mechanical problem, which has meant they were unable to proceed under their own power to their next port, which is in Belgium 2006 - USCGC Dependable and Air Station Cape Cod saved a fishing vessel from sinking, an Air Station Cape Cod helicopter medevaced an injured fisherman, and Coast Guard Sector South Eastern New England coordinated the rescue of a mariner forced to abandon his burning fishing vessel 2006 - A documentary film cameraman was medically evacuated by a Coast Guard helicopter after reportedly suffering from seasickness about 161 miles east of Nantucket. The 36-year old cameraman's condition became serious after two days of sickness aboard fishing vessel Direction of Westport, Mass 2006 - The Pearl Harbor Survivors Assn San Francisco Bay Area Chapter 2 ceremony in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Rear Adm. Manson Brown, Commander of the Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific, the keynote speaker 2006 - The 9-year-old, 28,000-dwt bulker Sea Honesty, operated by Mitsui OSK Lines, was escorted into Dutch Harbor by USCGC Alex Haley last night after experiencing engine trouble 2007 - North Atlantic Council (NAC) foreign ministers meet at NATO Headquarters ============================================================= Sources: Colton Shipping Report, NOAA, MARAD, Marine Digest, Leo Pettipas, Kommersant, Samuel Loring Morison, Frank Pierce Young, Navy Times, Naval Institute Proceedings, www.uboat.net, Andrew Etherington, John Nicholas, US Naval Historical Center, Ministry of Defense, US Coast Guard, Thomas N. 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