SeaWaves Today in History June 13, 2009 1698 - The first group of naval specialists hired by Peter I in Holland, arrives in Russia 1777 - Marquis de Lafayette lands in US 1813 - Philip Vere Broke, commanding HMS Shannon, with 38 guns, defeats US warship Chesapeake, commanded by James Lawrence, off Boston; tows her to Halifax as a prize 1818 - Richard Talbot sails for Canada from Dublin with 200 Irish settlers who will found St. Thomas, Ontario 1829 - John Ross 1777-1856 sets sail from London aboard the Victory on Arctic expedition lasting four years; with nephew, James Ross 1851 - John Rae 1813-1893 crosses Dease Strait from Cape Alexander looking for Franklin survivors; explores Victoria Island from Cambridge Bay to Pelly Point; after return to Kendall River June 10 1871 - Hurricane kills 300 on Labrador coast 1878 - Naval architect Ivan Afanasyevich Amosov (born Nov 24, 1800) died. General and engineer who supervised the construction of the first Russian screw frigate, Archimedes 1881 - USS Jeannette crushed in Arctic ice pack 1889 - Depot Ship HMS Vulcan launched 1900 - China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians 1914 - Submarine HMS E8 completed 1916 - Submarine HMS E38 launched 1917 - Italian Submarines H3-H5, following completion of builders trials on Murray Bay, proceeded Quebec City PQ, took on stores and then escorted by HMCS Acadia sailed for Halifax 1918 - Destroyer HMS Witch laid down 1918 - Destroyer USS Colhoun commissioned 1919 - Depot ship HMCS Shearwater paid off 1935 - Soviet submarine SC-127 launched 1938 - Submarine HMS Tuna laid down 1940 - Destroyers HMS Electra & Antelope damaged in collision 1940 - Submarine HMS Grampus laid a minefield off Augusta, Sicily. She had left Malta on the 10th & sunk on the 16th 1940 - HMS Grampus attacks the Italian submarine Giovanni Bausan and the Italian torpedo boat Polluce with torpedoes. The attack however fails. Grampus also laid a minefield (50 mines) off Augusta, Sicily 1940 - Battleship USS North Carolina launched 1940 - Corvette HMS Burdock laid down 1940 - US President Roosevelt signs a $1.3 Billion Naval construction bill 1940 - The first shipment of arms, requested in the Churchill-Roosevelt telegrams, leaves the US on SS Eastern Princess. These have been sold to a steel company and then to the British 1940 - AMC HMS Scotstoun is lost on Northern Patrol between Ireland and Iceland to U-25 1940 - The submarine HMS Odin sails into the Gulf of Taranto to the guns and torpedoes of destroyer Strale 1940 - "Black" Thursday 13 June - The attack on Trondheim. Last combat operations of HMS Ark Royal resulted in the virtual decimation of two of the best squadrons in the Fleet Air Arm 1941 - At 1157, the unescorted Pandias was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-107 and sank by the stern. The U-boat surfaced and provided the survivors in the lifeboats with cigarettes, water and rum 1941 - SS Tresillian sunk by U-77 at 44.40N, 45.30W 1941 - ASW trawler HMS Cotillion commissioned 1941 - Sloop HMS Crane laid down 1941 - Minesweeper HMCS Noranda launched Levis PQ 1941 - L. W. Murray heads new Canadian convoy escort force based on Newfoundland; NW Atlantic Canada's responsibility 1941 - German cruiser Lutzow is damaged by a torpedo dropped from a British Beaufort of Lindesmus, Norway 1942 - HMS Unison fires four torpedoes at the Italian light cruisers Raimondo Montecuccoli and Emanuelle Filiberto Duca d’Aosta south of Sardinia, Italy. The torpedoes miss 1942 - At 0412, the unescorted Sixaola was hit on the starboard side by two torpedoes from U-159, while making a right-hand zigzag at 12.5 knots about 50 miles off Bocas del Toro, Panama. The first torpedo struck in the bow and the second in the center of #2 hold. The most of the eight officers, 79 crewmen, six armed guards (the ship was armed with one 3in and two .50cal guns) and 108 passengers on board abandoned ship in five lifeboats and six rafts two minutes after the hits and stopping the engines. 29 crewmen died in the explosions, most of them lay sleeping in the quarters of the crew in the bow. Just after the master and chief officer left the ship, she was hit on the port side amidships by a coup de grâce at 0431 and sank by the stern about 0615. The Germans questioned the survivors, offered medical aid, gave exact course and distance to the nearest land and two packages of German cigarettes and then left the area. 32 survivors in one boat were picked up by the American SS Carolinian and later transferred to the American gunboat USS Niagara, which also picked up 75 survivors in two other boats that had been spotted by aircraft and landed them all in Cristobal. 23 survivors in another boat were rescued by the US Army tug Shasta, after their boat landed on Bocas del Toro on 16 June. The remaining 42 survivors made landfall in their lifeboat in the delta of Coloveboran River after four days and were brought to Cristobal by the American submarine chaser USS PC-460 1942 - SS Solon Turman sunk by U-159 at 10.45N, 80.24W 1942 - U-304, U-449 1942 - ASW trawler HMS Farouk sunk by U-83 at 34.19N, 35.44E 1942 - Destroyer HMS Rockwood launched 1942 - Minesweeping trawler HMS Fiaray launched 1942 - Minesweeper HMAS Ipswich commissioned 1942 - U-185 commissioned 1942 - U-676, U-677 laid down 1942 - U-1019, U-1020, U-1021, U-1022, U-1023, U-1024, U-1025, U-1274, U-1275, U-1276, U-1277, U-1278, U-1279 ordered 1942 - U-157 sunk NE of Havana in position 24.13N, 82.03W, by depth charges from USCGC Thetis. 52 dead (all hands lost) 1942 - President Roosevelt created an Office of War Information 1942 - LCdr William Edward Slade RCNR, LCdr Edgar George Skinner RCNR, LCdr George Hay Stephens RCNR awarded DSC 1942 - LS Joseph George Charrier RCN, AB James Arthur Sharpe RCN, SPO Wallace Harold Chandler, Lt Thomas Gilmour, LS Frederick Joseph Morgan RCNR, Lt Gilbert Goodwin Fraser RCNVR, CPO/ERA John Charles Griffiths RCNVR awarded Mention in Dispatches 1942 - Fairmile HMCS ML 085 commissioned 1942 - German submarine U-584 lands four agents at Amagansett, Long Island, New York, but they are seen by a young US Coastguardsman who reports the incident which alerts US officials 1942 - Long Range Navigation (LORAN) equipment is given its first airborne test by the USN. The receiver is mounted in the non-rigid airship K-2 and, in a flight from NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey, accurately determines position when the airship was over various identifiable objects. The test culminated with the first LORAN homing from a distance 50 to 75 miles offshore during which the LORAN operator gave instructions to the airship's pilot which brought them over the shoreline near Lakehurst on a course that caused the pilot to remark, "We weren't just heading for the hangar. We were headed for the middle of the hanger." The success of these tests lead to immediate action to obtain operational LORAN equipment 1943 - Destroyer USS Preston laid down 1943 - Gunboat Type Cutter USCGC Escanba sunk by undetermined explosion off Ivigtut, Greenland 1943 - Patrol vessel HMS Kilchernan launched 1943 - Corvette HMCS Dundas arrived Montreal PQ for refit 1943 - USS Frazier sinks submarine HIJMS I-9 engaged in the KE GO operation, the evacuation of personnel from Kiska Island 1943 - LCdr Edgar George Skinner RCNR awarded DSC 1943 - Capt Ernest Reginald Brock RCNVR awarded Volunteer Reserve Decoration 1944 - In the Mariana Islands, the battleships and destroyers of Task Group 58.7 conduct almost a day-long bombardment of Japanese installations on Saipan and Tinian. Carrier-based aircraft from fleet and jeep carriers again attack targets on Guam, Saipan and Tinian. During the strikes, the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron Ten in USS Enterprise is shot down. After parachuting from the aircraft, he lands in the sea off Red Beach Three and notes that the Japanese have marked the length of the reef with red and white pennants, indicating presighted artillery ranges. He reports this after he is rescued and this intelligence gem is forwarded to the amphibious forces. During the night of 12/13 June, 20 F6F Hellcats, guided by two radar-equipped F6F night fighters, attack an IJN convoy 132 miles SW of Guam. The F6F pilots are inexperienced in attacking moving targets at sea at night and only damages one fast transport 1944 - Lt William Pennock Chipman RCNVR awarded Mention in Dispatches 1944 - Frigate HMCS Annan commissioned 1944 - Escort carrier USS Admiralty Islands commissioned 1944 - Submarine USS Sea Fox commissioned 1944 - U-2508 laid down 1944 - At 0755, U-107 missed the unescorted and unarmed Lark with a torpedo and again at 08.15 hours about 32 miles southeast of Cape Sable. The U-boat then surfaced off the starboard quarter of the fishing vessel and fired at 08.30 hours a warning shot over the ship. The diesel engines were secured immediately and the crew of two officers and 25 crewmen abandoned ship in five dories, with the exception of the master and the cook who remained on board. The U-boat began shooting at the rigging, deck and hull with the 37-mm and 20-mm guns. Hits were made on the pilothouse and in the hull above the waterline and the mainsail and riding sail were shot away. At daybreak, 40 minutes later, the U-boat departed. The master and the cook started the engines at 1530 and picked up all men within one hour. They arrived at Boston at 0630 on 15 June 1944 - U-270 shot down an RAF 53 Sqn Fortress. No damage to the U-boat; the boat was heading to base after being damaged by an RAF 172 Sqn Wellington. The boat paid off on July 1, 1944 due to the damage 1944 - U-634 shot down an RAF 228 Sqn Sunderland 1944 - U-564 shot down an RAF 228 Sqn Sunderland. Aircraft bombs sank U-564 the next day 1944 - U-480 shot down an RCAF 162 Sqn Catalina 1944 - Corvette HMCS Baddeck, attached to Western Approaches Command in Apr 1944, & engaged in escorting resupply shipping, in the English Channel, to the landing zone when attacked, off Portsmouth, by E Boats, in a night action. After a wild engagement, the action was broken off. There is no record of casualties on either side as a result of this incident 1944 - A Canso patrol a/c from RCAF 162 Sqn attacked & sank U-715, Kptlt. Helmut Röttger, CO, NE of the Faeroes, in position 62.55N, 002.59W. There were 16 survivors from her crew of 52 men. Kptlt. Röttger, who had been the only CO, of U-715, was lost in this action. U-715 was a medium-range Type VIIC U-boat built by HC Stülcken at Hamburg. She was commissioned on 17 Mar 43. U-715 was on her first patrol at the time of her loss & had not sunk or damaged any ships. U-715 was sighted while she was at periscope depth, a very significant feat of aerial observation. After being attacked she was forced to surface, whereupon the boat was abandoned. The patrol a/c then incautiously overflew the submarine before it was completely abandoned & was shot down. Three of her crewmembers died of exposure before air-sea rescue launches arrived to rescue the Canadian & German survivors 1944 - While escorting a westbound Channel convoy, destroyer HMS Boadicea is attacked by Ju.88 aircraft and struck by two torpedoes which caused her magazine to explode, and the ship to sink rapidly. There are 175 casualties, but 12 survivors. Location - English Channel 12 miles SW of Portland Bill at 50 26N 02 34W 1944 - HMS Stoic claims to have sunk a landing craft with gunfire off Penang 1944 - Coast Guard-manned Army vessel FS-311 was commissioned at Mathis Shipyard, Camden NJ with LTJG Kenneth P. Howard, USCGR, as commanding officer. On 17 July 1944, she departed New York for the Southwest Pacific where she operated during the war 1945 - Frigate HMCS Lauzon departed Londonderry for Halifax 1945 - During the night of 13/14 June 29 B-29 Superfortresses drop mines in Shimonoseki Strait and in the waters at Niigata. Mines previously laid by B-29s sink four freighters and damage a destroyer and five freighters off Japan 1951 - VAdm Percy Walker Nelles RCN (Ret'd) died. Subsequently buried at sea from HMCS Sault Ste Marie 1952 - RCN VS 880 Avenger a/c #86008 crashed near Chedabucto Head NS 1952 - Minesweeper HMCS Miramichi laid down Saint John NB 1952 - Minesweeper HMCS Chignecto launched Sorel PQ 1952 - Communist forces attempt landing on Yongmae but are repelled. HMCS Athabaskan assists in the action 1956 - Training ship (ex-light cruiser) HMCS Quebec paid off & laid up at Point Edward (Westmount) NS 1963 - A pilot lands aboard a carrier for the first time without control of the aircraft. The fully automatic landing system tested on USS Midway proves a technology vital to the establishment of the space program 1966 - USS Kitty Hawk completed Vietnam deployment 1967 - Operation Great Bend in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam 1970 - USS Coral Sea port call Sydney 1971 - New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam 1975 - USS Coral Sea port call Subic Bay 1995 - Frigate HMCS Regina departed Halifax NS for Esquimalt BC 2004 - Texas A&M University researchers announce they have found the wreckage of a fleet of Japanese submarines that terrorized US ships throughout World War II. The Navy used explosives to sink the 24 subs in 1946 to prevent the Soviet Union from taking advantage of their technology. The location of the wreckage was classified for nearly six decades. Using now-declassified Navy documents and underwater technology, Texas A&M oceanography professor William Bryant and graduate student Brett Phaneuf found the submarines 60 miles off the coast of Nagasaki. About three weeks ago they used a robotic vehicle to take pictures of the wreckage, 675 feet underwater. It is among the largest collections of sunken submarines in the world 2005 - Maritrans Inc. announced the redelivery of the M209 double-hull barge and her married tug Enterprise. Using its patented process, Maritrans has now rebuilt six barges to double-hull OPA-compliant standards. The Company also took advantage of the time out of service to lengthen the M209 to add approximately 30,000 barrels of cargo-carrying capacity, an increase of approximately 17%. With the completion of the rebuild of the M209, 69% of Maritrans' aggregate fleet capacity is now double-hulled, compared to the Jones Act fleet average of 45%. Following the redelivery of the M209 and the Enterprise, the unit has entered service for Valero Marketing and Supply Company transporting refined petroleum products in the US Gulf to Florida market 2005 - USNS Laramie commences yard period at NORSHIPCO 2005 - BC Ferry Queen of Oak Bay returned to service after midlife refit 2005 - At 0222 Milford Haven Coastguard received a Mayday call from a 10-meter dredger called Last Chance reporting that they were taking in water and abandoning ship. The vessel was sinking with two persons on board in the Irish Sea about 8 miles South West of Bardsey Island. Milford Haven Coastguard immediately started a search and rescue operation and scrambled Rescue Helicopter 122 from RAF Valley and both New Quay and Pwllheli RNLI lifeboats. After about 20 minutes, Milford Haven Coastguard was back in contact by mobile phone with the two crew, by this time in a life raft. They reported that they had activated a personal locator beacon while on the life raft and the signal from this system was picked up by the helicopter and used to speed the location of the life raft, especially difficult at night. The Rescue Helicopter was on scene at 1.10am and has winched the crew to safety on board the aircraft and transferred them to Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth. New Quay and Pwllheli lifeboats will assess the situation with Last Chance and it was reported that the vessel has. The skipper of Last Chance operates out of Milford Haven and was en route to Southport, Lancashire 2005 - The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for Sea Launch's third mission of the year. The Sea Launch team is preparing to launch the Intelsat Americas(TM)-8 (IA-8) tri-band communications satellite, on June 23, at the opening of a two-hour launch window, at 5:58:00 am PDT (12:58:00 GMT). The Sea Launch vessels are en route from Long Beach, Calif., to the launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude. Upon arrival, the launch team will initiate a 72-hour countdown, ballasting the Launch Platform to launch depth, and performing final tests on the launch system and the spacecraft. A Zenit-3SL vehicle will lift the 5,500-kg (12,125 lbs.) IA-8 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), on its way to a final orbital position of 89 degrees West Longitude. The Space Systems/Loral-built IA-8 satellite is designed to provide expanded coverage over the Americas, the Caribbean, Hawaii and Alaska during its 15-year service life. IA-8 will host voice, video and data transmission and distribution services. It carries 28 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders, as well as 24 Ka-band spot beams. Built on Space System/Loral's highly reliable 1300 bus, the spacecraft is one of the most powerful satellites ever built, with total end-of-life power of 16 kW. IA-8 will be the fifth Intelsat satellite in the North American arc and the 28th satellite in Intelsat's global fleet. This mission is Sea Launch's fifth launch for Loral and the first for Intelsat 2005 - Ports Authority Police Command recovered a container load of fire arms suspected to have been illegally imported into the country through the Tincan Island Port in Lagos. This came just as the police also recovered a brand new Kia Rio Saloon car belonging to Dana Motors Nigeria Limited, which was stolen at a gun-point. The vehicle was said to have been recovered from one Sule Ogundoyi inside Roro Ports. The container, which was said to have been duly cleared by customs officials, was allegedly accosted outside the ports area by some policemen from the Ports Police Command 2005 - At 0951Swansea Coastguard received a 999 call from a member of the public reporting they had seen a light aircraft crash in Bracelet Bay, West of Swansea. Swansea Coastguard sent the Mumbles RNLI lifeboat to the scene and Air Traffic Control confirmed to the Coastguard that the aircraft had one person on board. A nearby angling vessel called the Kiora reached the plane while it was still floating and managed to help the pilot off the aircraft and onto the boat. The plane sank moments later. The man was brought ashore and taken by ambulance to Mumbles suffering from shock but with apparently no injuries. The aircraft was a four seater Papa Alpha 28 Turbo Arrow that had been approaching Swansea airport with one man on board 2005 - For the 12th year running, the joint Italian-Maltese military drill Canale 05 is taking place in Augusta Bay, near Siracusa. The goal is to increase cooperation between the two countries Air Forces and Navies, as well as those of other countries involved in the so-called “5+5 Initiative” of the EuroMediterranean process, and to increase the operational capacities of air and naval units in peace support operations, such as search and rescue at sea, control and inspection of merchant ships, monitoring and prevention of illegal immigration, evacuation of non-fighting personnel. This year, the drill is hosted and coordinated by Italy: the countries involved in the actual drill are Algeria, France, Greece, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey, while Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Mauretania, Palestine and Syria have been invited as viewers. France, Greece, Morocco and Spain have sent air and naval units; Mauretania, Portugal and Tunisia have sent official observers. The Italian Navy participates with the destroyer 'Mimbelli', the long-range patrol unit Cigala Fulgosi, carrying an AB-212 helicopter, a tugboat (Polifemo class), two SH-3D helicopters, a bomb-squad and an inspection team of the San Marco regiment. The Italian Air Force participates with two search and rescue helicopters HH-3F and AB212. The Coast Guard is involved with a long-range patrol unit class 18, a patrol unit class 200, and a Piaggio P166 DL3 Sem patrol aircraft. The Carabinieri are present with a long-range patrol unit class Melita, and two patrol units (class Protector and Bremse), a BN2B patrol aircraft and a search and rescue helicopter ALIII Alouette, a bomb squad and an inspection unit 2005 - The ROK Defense Ministry said it will set up a joint command post for the East Sea to enable the Army, Navy and Coast Guard more directly deal with maritime incidents. In a report to the National Assembly on the policies, Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung said his ministry is pushing to establish a cooperative operation system in an effort to prevent recurrence of defection at sea. The Army and Navy set up a communication network to share radar information and exchange their signal forces on a monthly basis, ministry officials said 2006 - Mr. Zurab Noghaideli, the Prime Minister of Georgia, will visit NATO Headquarters 2006 - Diana Shipping Inc. exercised the option to purchase a Panamax dry bulk carrier, the Yasmine Venture (to be renamed), of 73,546 dwt, built in June 2006. The vessel has a purchase price of $39.6 million and is expected to be delivered to the Company in July 2006. Upon delivery the vessel will be chartered to Bocimar Belgium NV, Antwerp, Belgium, for 11 to 13 months at $21,000 per day net 2006 - Clyde Coastguard commenced a search after fishing vessel Winsome reported finding wreckage half way between Northern Ireland and the Island of Isla 2006 - HM The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Lt General Sir Robert Fulton KBE to be the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar in succession to Sir Francis Richards KCMG CVO. It is expected that Sir Robert will take up his appointment in September 2006 - Japan will donate three patrol boats to help Indonesia fight terrorism and piracy, the Japanese government announced 2006 - A submarine museum has moved to a new site. HMS Onyx, which saw action in the Falklands War, was part of the Historic Warships Collection at Birkenhead Docks, Wirral, which shut in February. The Warship Preservation Trust, which ran the site, went into liquidation. The submarine was towed out of the dock and out of the Mersey to a new base at Barrow in Cumbria, where it will be part of a new heritage center 2006 - A local salvage company is on scene at the Howard Frankland Bridge attempting to tow the 60-foot work barge that struck the northbound lanes of the Howard Frankland Bridge, Interstate 275, at about 0230. The owner of the barge has been identified as Mobro Marine in Jacksonville. The barge is leased locally to M and J Construction in St. Petersburg FL and they've hired DMT Salvage out of East Bay FL to tow the barge to safety. It is believed that the barge broke free of its moorings due to the high winds and seas of Tropical Storm Alberto 2006 - Lt. Gov. James R "Duke" Aiona presented a proclamation from the State of Hawaii. Local Coast Guard Commander, Rear Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara is presenting a Unit Commendation for Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point because of the achievements of aviation crews during the Hawaii Air Ambulance grounding last March and April. Several other officials will also be in attendance: Brig. Gen. Kathleen Berg, of the Mobilization Office Pacific Command, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Hawaii State Health Department, Janice Okubo, Communications Office for the State Health Department and Mr. Toby Clairmont, Emergency Program Manager and Healthcare Association of Hawaii 2006 - A 53,000-tonne container ship, named DINAMOD 53, launched by the Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry Company in Hai Phong. The DINAMOD 53, the biggest ever built in Viet Nam at a total cost of 29 million USD, is 190 m long and 32.26 m wide. The ship was built on an advanced production line under the supervision of DNV 2006 - Commanding officer of USS Columbus relieved of his post "due to loss of confidence" in his leadership. The action against Cmdr. Charles Marquez comes after seven Columbus sailors were charged in connection with the alleged hazing and assault of fellow crewmembers. Capt. Scott Bawden, commodore of Submarine Squadron 17 at Bangor submarine base, relieved Marquez due to concerns about his "ability to establish and maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct, provide the crew a safe, positive, professional environment in which to work, and maintain good order and discipline." Effective today, Marquez is replaced by Capt. Brian McIlvaine, former commander of USS Ohio 2006 - It has been reported that a $301.3m contract for six tankers for National Chemical Carriers (NCC) has been signed in Riyadh. NCC board chairman Faisal Saud Al Saleh signed the contract with Su Eun Yoo, chairman of Shina Shipbuilding of Korea, for building six chemical tankers of 45,000 dwt. The new ships will be delivered in 2009-2010 2006 - Ontario's Minister Responsible for Seniors Jim Bradley will honor 159 War Brides and one War Groom from around Ontario at a "high tea" complete with WWII-era music, and period photographs and posters 2006 - Rear Adm. Robert B. Murrett has been nominated for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda. Murrett is currently serving as director of Naval Intelligence N2 Office of the CNO 2006 - Reuters reported a new joint venture of Algerian energy group Sonatrach and Japan's Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation signed a $120m deal to buy a tanker from a Chinese-Japanese firm, Sonatrach said. The 50-50 venture, called NOVL, signed the purchase agreement with NACKS Shipyard, a joint venture between Chinese company COSCO and Kawasaki 2006 - The Coast Guard Administration dispatched two patrol ships to recover a Taiwanese fishing boat that was taken over by Chinese crewmembers on the 10th. According to the Coast Guard, the Suao-based "Hsinglung" sent out an SOS at 0900, but there was no response when the boat owner later tried to contact the vessel by satellite phone. A report sent by Taiwan's representative office to Yokohama confirmed that Chen Mu-tsai, the boat's captain, was killed between 1400 & 1500, just hours after the SOS was sent 2006 - Three boaters were rescued and one remains missing after a 22-foot pleasure boat capsized 200 yards off Breezy Point near Rockaway Inlet, New York NY about 1730. The three rescued passengers were treated for minor injuries and taken to shore by the US Park Police. The pleasure boat LUCAS crew observed the capsized vessel sinking and immediately radioed Coast Guard Sector New York Command Center in Staten Island. The LUCAS crew then performed a Good Samaritan rescue of the three survivors and searched for the fourth boater. Rescue crews from Coast Guard Stations New York and Sandy Hook NJ, the New York City Police and Fire Departments, and the US Park Police immediately initiated a search for the missing boater. A New York City Police Department diver deployed from an NYPD helicopter that reportedly arrived on scene within seven minutes 2006 - IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos received a high-level delegation from the Republic of Panama on the occasion of its visit to London to present the Government of Panama's proposals on the future expansion of the Panama Canal 2006 - Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Steven R. Blust announced today that he intends to leave the agency after the completion of his current term, once his replacement nominee has been confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Blust has been serving as Chairman since joining the agency in August 2002. His term officially ends on June 30, 2006. Once he leaves the Commission, he plans to continue his career in the area of maritime trade 2006 - Coast Guard rescue crews located a missing mariner who fell off a sailing vessel while he was towing a second sailing vessel three nautical miles south of St John, US Virgin Islands 2006 - Secretary of the Navy Dr. Donald C. Winter visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport for a firsthand look at examples of the cutting edge technology being developed at the command in support of the Global War on Terror, and for support of the fleet. Dr. Winter, accompanied by Vice Adm. Paul Sullivan, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; Donald McCormack, NUWC Technical Director and NUWC Newport leadership visited several undersea warfare combat systems labs, where he viewed components of a virtual submarine, including a submarine multi-mission team trainer and common submarine radio room 2007 - Mr. Juha Heikinheimo (50) has today been appointed as President of Aker Yards' business area Cruise & Ferries and President of Aker Yards Oy in Finland. He will also be a part of the executive management team in Aker Yards. He will be based in Helsinki. Heikinheimo takes over from and reports to Mr. Yrjö Julin, who was earlier this week appointed President and CEO of Aker Yards ASA 2007 - Training Sorlandet (499 grt, built 1927) grounded outside Oslo in lat 59 53.8N, long 10 44.1E at 2133 local time yesterday. All 137 passengers evacuated 2007 - At 0750 NRP Centauro struck a submerged object near the Berlengas Archipelago 2008 - USCG Commandant, Admiral Thad W. Allen will provide keynote remarks at a building dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Captain Quentin R. Walsh Sector Command Building Coast Guard Sector Long Island New Haven CT 2008 - OPV Piloto Pardo delivered to Chilean Navy at ASMAR Talcuahano 2008 - Capt. Fredrick Sommer takes command USCGC Healy from Capt. Ted Lindström 2008 - A Taiwan lawmaker asked the navy to send a warship to the disputed Diaoyu Islands next week to assert Taiwan's territorial claim over the islets Copyright 2009 Shirlaw News Group ISSN 1710-6966 Today in History Archives This information is licensed to the recipient only. Images may be subject to copyright. Ask before you right-click. Royal Navy photos are Courtesy of www.oldships.org.uk unless otherwise indicated. To contact us: 418-145 West Keith Rd North Vancouver BC V7M 1L3 Canada Phone: 778-968-7447