SeaWaves Today in History October 25, 2008 1690 - After a 10-day siege of Quebec, an Anglo-American invasion force weighs anchor and sets sail for Boston, having failed to take its objective 1812 - USS United States (CAPT Stephen Decatur) captures HMS Macedonian 1880 - First submarine telegraph cable laid to Anticosti Island, Quebec 1915 - Submarines HMS S1 & S2 transferred to Italy 1916 - Battleship USS California laid down 1917 - Destroyer HMS Scout laid down 1917 - Minesweepers USS Lapwing & Owl laid down 1918 - Destroyer USS Branch laid down 1918 - Canadian steamship Princess Sophia foundered off the coast of Alaska; nearly 400 people perished 1919 - Submarine HMS H-50 launched 1919 - Submarine HMS H49 completed 1924 - Airship USS Shenandoah completes round trip transcontinental cruise that began on 7 October 1934 - Submarine HMS Snapper launched 1934 - Destroyer HMS Echo commissioned 1936 - Rome-Berlin Axis formed for diplomatic cooperation 1937 - Schooner HMCS Venture commissioned as training ship. Built by Meteghan NS. Launched Jun 1937, 250 tons, 142x27x14.5ft. 143 feet overall, designed by WJ Roue. 1942 renamed HC 190. Post WWII sold renamed Alfred and Emily, registered in Barbados. Employed first as a sealer, then coal carrier traded in the West Indies. Lost by fire 1951 1938 - Destroyer HMS Jackal launched 1938 - Destroyer leader HMS Kelly launched 1938 - Submarine HMS Thistle launched 1939 - U-16 sunk in the English Channel near Dover, in position 51.09N, 01.28E, by depth charges from the British submarine chasers HMS Cayton Wyke & Puffin. 28 dead (all hands lost) 1939 - Corvette HMS Bluebell laid down 1939 - Three days after leaving Kiel, U-60 had to return to the base due to serious engine trouble 1940 - 3 Hudson aircraft from the 228th RAF Squadron attacked U-46 and one man was fatally wounded and died the next day. [Matrosengefreiter Plaep] 1940 - Corvette HMCS Morden laid down Port Arthur ON 1940 - Corvette HMCS Sherbrooke launched Sorel PQ 1940 - Minesweeper HMS Burnie launched 1940 - Corvette HMCS Morden laid down Port Arthur ON 1940 - Corvette HMCS Sherbrooke launched Sorel PQ 1940 - Destroyer USS Wickes recommissioned as HMS Montgomery; part of the destroyers-for-bases deal 1941 - Submarine HMS Seraph launched 1941 - AA cruiser USS Juneau launched 1941 - Aircraft carrier USS Hornet commissioned 1941 - Minesweepers ordered in Canada - HMS MMS 197, MMS 198, MMS 199, MMS 200 & MMS 201 1941 - Corvette HMCS Malbaie (ex-Fort William) launched Sorel PQ 1941 - RCAF Eastern Command makes first attack on a U-boat off Newfoundland 1941 - In the mid-Atlantic, U-107 transferred two ill crewmembers to U-125, which then returned to base 1941 - U-117, U-171, U-437 commissioned 1941 - U-90, U-178 launched 1941 - U-471 laid down 1941 - Minesweepers ordered in Canada - HMS MMS 197, MMS 198, MMS 199, MMS 200 & MMS 201 1941 - Corvette HMCS La Malbaie (ex-Fort William) launched Sorel PQ 1941 - RCAF Eastern Command makes first attack on a U-boat off Newfoundland 1941 - Battleship HMS Prince of Wales sails the Clyde for the Far East. Admiral Tom Phillips is aboard and will command the newly constituted British Far East Fleet 1941 - While running supplies to the garrison at Tobruk, Libya, fast minelayer HMS Latona is attacked and bombed by German aircraft North of Bardia at 32 15N 24 14E. The cargo and the ship's ammunition explode, causing the death of 4 officers, 20 ratings and 7 soldiers, but the remainder are taken off by destroyers HMS Hero & Encounter. There are 37 casualties 1942 - U-67 sank SS Primero. After achieving a hit on the ship Primero, U-67 collided with her victim and damaged her periscope 1942 - Ocean Tug USS Seminole sunk Japanese destroyers off Lunga Point Guadalcanal 1942 - Patrol Vessel District YP-284 sunk by surface ships off Guadalcanal Solomon Islands 1942 - Destroyer HMS Wessex laid down 1942 - The commander and the I WO of U-441 were swept overboard in the North Atlantic, but both were rescued by the crew within eight minutes 1942 - At Guadalcanal, Japanese shore bombardment operations from a cruiser, 5 destroyers and a minelayer also include sinking tug USS Seminole & YP-284. Light cruiser HIJMS Yura is struck with a 1000-lb & a 500-lb bomb and destroyer HIJMS Akizuki suffers near miss from US aircraft 1942 - Submarine USS Nautilus sinks a sampan at 41-45 N, 145-32 E 1942 - Submarine USS Whale sinks a armed tanker at 33- N, 135- E, off Hinominsaki 1943 - Escort carrier USS Block Island laid down 1943 - Destroyer escort USS Dale W Peterson laid down 1943 - Submarine USS Kete laid down 1943 - Frigate USS Lorain laid down 1943 - Frigate HMS Sarawak launched 1943 - Destroyer USS John Hood launched 1943 - Submarine USS Tilefish launched 1943 - Destroyer escorts USS Straub & Rhodes commissioned 1943 - Destroyers USS Paul Hamilton & Halsey Powell commissioned 1943 - Escort carrier HMS Patroller commissioned 1943 - Destroyer HMS Kempenfelt commissioned 1943 - Frigate HMS Bullen commissioned 1943 - Submarines HMS Spirit & Telemachus commissioned 1943 - Submarine USS Bashaw commissioned 1943 - Minesweeper HMS Golden Fleece (ex-HMCS Humberstone) laid down Toronto ON 1943 - Frigate HMCS Inch Arran laid down Lauzon PQ 1943 - Frigate HMCS Cape Breton commissioned 1943 - HMC ML 112 commissioned 1943 - Corvette HMCS North Bay commissioned 1943 - In the Black Sea, U-23 captured three people from a fishing boat and then sank the boat with hand grenades 1943 - U-956 shelled targets on the shore of Spitsbergen with her gun. Land-based artillery returned the fire but did not score a hit on the U-boat 1943 - U-678, U-865 commissioned 1943 - U-298 launched 1943 - Minesweeper HMS Golden Fleece (ex-HMCS Humberstone) laid down Toronto ON 1943 - Frigate HMCS Inch Arran laid down Lauzon PQ 1943 - Frigate HMCS Cape Breton commissioned 1943 - HMC ML 112 commissioned 1943 - Corvette HMCS North Bay commissioned 1943 - Submarine USS Tullibee sinks a tanker at 26-01 N, 121-93 E 1944 - HMCS Skeena, a River-class destroyer, A/LCdr. Patrick 'Pat' Francis Xavier Russell, RCN, CO, was wrecked at Videy Island, near Reykjavik, Iceland. Skeena was blown ashore in a 100-knot gale while at anchor. Fifteen of the 21 crewmembers lost (all ratings) were drowned in an attempt to reach the shore using Carley Floats after the ship struck the rocks offshore. The remainder of the crew was evacuated later in a heroic effort by RNVR Patrol Service seamen using a “breeches buoy” under the direction of an Icelander, Einar Sigurdsson. As the storm increased in intensity, the shore authority signaled to the commander of the 11th Escort Group, Cdr. James D. “Chummy” Prentice in HMCS Qu’Appelle, “Enter harbor, if you so desire.” The Navigating Officer of Skeena, Lt. Peter G. Chance, was dismayed at a subsequent order by Commander, Cdr. Prentice, for the four ships of the group to go to anchor in the bay behind Videy Island. Lt. Chance went so far as to ask to be relieved of his duties as Navigator and strongly expressed his opinion that it was safer to remain at sea than to go to anchor, under the prevailing conditions. The CO agreed with his navigator but followed his orders and directed Lt. Chance to anchor the ship “in the best location,” in the center of the basin, about 800 yards from the shore in all direction. The ship was anchored in 12 fathoms of water with six shackles of cable paid out to the starboard anchor, the port anchor let go “under foot,” and with both boilers maintained at Immediate Notice for steam. The two ‘Canadian’ River-class destroyers, Skeena and Saguenay, were fitted with a single centerline capstan whereas the British versions of the type were fitted with two capstans, making it impossible to work both anchors at once. Only one light was occasionally visible on shore for fixing but the intensity of the storm obscured it for long periods. Ground clutter rendered the radar useless for fixing. Approximately one hour after setting the anchor watch, the ship began to drag her anchors and, although “half ahead” and “full ahead” was ordered on both engines, the ship struck the shore forcefully. The ship broached port side to, and began listing to starboard into the oncoming waves, which broke over the ship up to the height of the bridge. Both of the ship's boats were smashed in attempts to lower them. Soon afterwards, the ship’s back was broken, rupturing fuel tanks and hull plating. This damage released a large amount of fuel oil, which soon mixed with the snow and made decks and the rocks on the shore extremely slippery. The loss of life occurred when the order “Standby to Abandon Ship” was taken to mean “Abandon Ship.” Although some managed to get to shore, the majority of the crew remained onboard until the morning, when the storm abated, making it possible to get ashore safely. The Commanding Officer and the Officer of the Watch, Lt. William M. Kidd, the First Lieutenant, were both tried by Courts Martial and were found guilty of “hazarding” and “stranding” the ship. Skeena was broken up for scrap after the war but the barge that contained most of her remains sank en route to the breaker’s yard 1944 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf. Described as "the largest naval battle in history," Leyte Gulf is actually three distinct engagements - Surigao Strait, Samar Island, and Cape Engano. American landings on Leyte Island provoked a strong response from the Japanese Imperial Navy. Having lost the majority of their carrier strike force at the Battle of the Philippine Sea on 18 June, the Japanese plan had to rely of dispersion and stealthy approach under cover of darkness in hope of reaching the invasion force with any effective combat capability. Fuel shortages forced the Japanese to use a much slower speed of advance than they wished, giving the Americans time to react to the detection of enemy approach. The Japanese plan involved approaches by three different forces and the use of a diversionary carrier group. The First Striking Force, commanded by Admiral Kurita, was divided into Forces A (Kurita) and Force C, commanded by Admiral Nishimura. Departing from Brunei on 22 Oct, Kurita's force moved NE bound for San Bernadino Strait. Nishimura's force moved east bound for Surigao Strait. Meanwhile, the Second Striking Force, a smaller unit centered on only two heavy cruisers, commanded by Admiral Shima, was to take the same southern route with Nishimura through Surigao Strait. The carrier Decoy Group, commanded by Admiral Ozawa, was to approach across open ocean from the NE. Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet guarded San Bernadino Strait while Admiral Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet guarded the southern approach through Surigao Strait and provided fire support to the nearly landing areas. The two fleets were of significantly different composition - the majority of the fleet carrier aviation assets were allocated to Halsey. Kinkaid had several escort carriers, used to provide air support to the landed forces. The Japanese forces were detected early on 23 Oct by USN submarines, which sank two heavy cruisers and damaged one other from Kurita's force, and raised the alarm. Subsequent air attacks from Halsey's carriers on 24 Oct sank the super battleship Musashi in the Subayan Sea (only accomplished by approximately 20 torpedoes and 40 bombs) and forced a temporary withdrawal by Kurita. Thinking the Japanese force was too damaged to present any further threat, Halsey pursued Ozawa's Decoy Force and did not leave even a picket destroyer to watch the strait. Moreover, he did not advise Admiral Kinkaid of his actions. During the pre-dawn morning of the 25th, Kinkaid's force fought a wild night engagement against Nishimura's force in which the last battleship-on-battleship encounter took place. Yamashiro and Fuso were sunk and the few surviving attackers withdrew westwards. Having just fought an engagement to the south and thinking that the northern approach was covered by Third Fleet, Kinkaid's force was surprised and poorly disposed when Kurita appeared at dawn off Samar Island with the super battleship Yamato, battleship, Nagato, battlecruisers Kongo and Haruna, screened by eight cruisers and 11 destroyers. They encountered Task Group 77.4.3, an escort carrier group commanded by Admiral Sprague. A wild pursuit ensued during which two of the six escort carriers were sunk along with three of their screening destroyers. Desperate air attacks from Sprague's surviving carriers and from the nearby TG 77.4.2, commanded by Admiral Stump, eventually forced Kurita to withdraw, even though the invasion force lay completely exposed. On the morning of the 25th, Halsey was engaging Ozawa's decoy force off Cape Engano. Hearing of Kinkaid's situation, Halsey detached Task Force 34 at 1115, comprising six battleships, four cruisers and eight destroyers commanded by Admiral Lee, to intercept Kurita's force. This was already two hours after Kurita had begun to withdraw back towards San Bernadino Strait. Meanwhile Admiral Mitscher's 10 carriers in TF 38 launched the first of four air strikes that overwhelmed Ozawa's small force. Losses to the Imperial Japanese Navy included - the super battleship Musashi; the battleships Fuso and Yamashiro; the fleet carrier Zuikaku; the light carriers Chiyoda, Zuiho, and Chitose; the heavy cruisers Atago, Maya, Chokai, Suzuya, Chikuma, and Mogami; the light cruisers Tama, Kinu, Abukuma, and Noshiro; plus thirteen destroyers and five submarines. Losses to the United States Navy included - the light carrier Princeton; the escort carriers St Lo and Gambier Bay; plus two destroyers (Johnston & Hoel) and one destroyer escort. The Imperial Japanese Navy never deployed again as a battle fleet. This was due mainly to fuel shortages, lack of ammunition, and scarcity of trained pilots. Admiral Kurita was widely condemned for not pressing his attack straight through to the landing area, where he could have slaughtered the undefended invasion shipping. Admiral Ozawa overplayed his hand in the role of a decoy force commander and suffered unnecessary losses. Admiral Halsey has been harshly criticized for his handling of the northern defenses and his unnecessary pursuit of Ozawa. Admiral Nimitz did not act upon demands for his firing and his retention remains one of the great mysteries of the Second World War. Had Kurita presses on, in accordance with the original plan, Halsey's fate would certainly have been sealed 1944 - Minesweeper USS Quest commissioned 1944 - Destroyer escort USS Thaddeus Parker commissioned 1944 - Submarine USS Tigrone commissioned 1944 - Destroyer USS Zellars commissioned 1944 - USS PT-493 destroyed by Japanese warships Surigao Strait Philippines 1944 - An escort attacked U-246 with depth charges and damaged her so seriously that she had return to base 1944 - U-1306, U-2523, U-3014 launched 1944 - U-3527 laid down 1944 - Soviet units enter Norway, and capture Kirkenes. There is support from Soviet naval units in this far north campaign 1944 - Submarine USS Sterlet sinks and a cargo ship at 30-15 N, 129-45 E 1944 - Submarine USS Halibut sinks destroyer HIJMS Akitzuki at 20-29 N, 126-30 E 1944 - Submarine USS Seal sinks an armed transport at 50-21 N, 150-20 E 1944 - Submarine USS Jallao sinks light cruiser HIJMS Tama at 21-33 N, 127-19 E east of Luzon Strait 1944 - Around 0230 in waters in the NW corner of the Formosa Straits, USS Tang fires her last torpedo and the crew watches in horror as it makes a circular run and striking the ship portside aft near the maneuvering room. The stern sinks immediately and rests on the bottom with the bow sticking out of the water like a buoy. MM2 Clayton O. Decker opens the forward ballast tanks and Tang rests upright on the bottom in 180 feet of water. This leads the way for the only instance in WWII where submariners escape from the bottom using the Momsen Lung. A total of 13 make the attempt from the forward torpedo room with only five surviving the ascent and swimming through the night. One-man escapes from the flooded conning tower and three others including Cdr Dick O'Kane survive from being thrown into the water from the bridge 1945 - Light cruiser HMS Tiger launched 1945 - Submarine HMS Aenas launched 1945 - Destroyer USS Perry launched 1946 - Minesweeper HMCS Quinte paid off Halifax NS 1950 - Chinese Communist Forces launch first offensive in Korea 1951 - Dr. Cyr of the HMCS Cayuga found to be the imposter & US Citizen Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. Movie "The Great Impostor" starring Tony Curtis later made about this incident. It can well be argued that Demara made a vocation out of practical acting; he successfully impersonated one sort of professional after another over a period of years, before joining himself to the RCN, this time as a ship's surgeon. The most amusing aspect of that venture was not merely acceptance at his own declared face value, but that he actually seems to have done well at it, and crewmen all liked him and his services. The eventual discovery of his pretense was at first met with disbelief, and proof variously astonished and shocked one and all 1954 - Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan recommissioned after DDE modernization 1955 - Minesweeper HMCS Chignecto laid down Lauzon PQ. Built by George T. Davie & Sons Ltd. Minesweeper, Bay Class, 396 tons, 152x28x8ft, 16kts, crew 3/35, 1-40mm 1959 - Destroyer HMCS Yukon laid down North Vancouver BC. Mackenzie-class, 2,380 tons standard, 2,880 tons full load, 366x42x13.5ft, Cruising 14kts, Maximum 28kts, Endurance 4,750 n/m at 14kts. Machinery Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 2 propellers, SHP - 30,000. Boilers 2 Babcock & Wilcox water tube. Crew 18/210, as training ship 10/160 plus up to 40 officer cadets. Armament 2-3in/70 caliber Mk.6 (1XII) forward, 90 rounds per minute to 10.5 miles; 2-3in/50 caliber Mk.33 (1xII) aft, 85d elevation, 50 rounds per minute, to 7.9 miles; 2 Mk NC 10 Limbo three-barreled mortars, range 3280ft; Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2xIII) for Mk.46 torpedoes, active/passive homing to 6.8 miles at 40kts. Paid off 3 Dec 93, subsequently sold for $150,000 to Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia, later resold and sunk off Mission Bay CA July 2000 1960 - Destroyer HMCS Columbia returned Halifax from Nigerian Independence Celebrations 1962 - Opening of Bedford Institute of Oceanography, near Halifax 1963 - USS Oriskany port call Beppu, Japan 1966 - Operation Sea Dragon logistics interdiction began 1968 - USS Bennington port call Yokosuka 1968 - USS Hancock port call Singapore 1969 - USS Constellation port call Sasebo 1971 - UN General Assembly voted to admit Mainland China and expel Taiwan 1973 - Submarine HMS Sceptre laid down 1978 - Selma Barkham and a team of Public Archives of Canada researchers find a Spanish galleon off the coast of Labrador; sunk in 1525 1983 - US Marines and US Army troops land on Grenada to evacuate US citizens threatened by the island's unstable political situation 1991 - Frigate HMCS Regina "float-up" Sorel PQ 2004 - After seven months of hard work by her sailors and Yokosuka Ship Repair Facility workers, US 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge got underway for a scheduled underway period 2004 - The double-hulled vessel Bergitta hit the container ship Eyra at 2230 in the southern part of the Great Belt, the waterway that divides Denmark's Funen and Sjaelland islands. The four-year-old vessel, which was carrying about 100,000 tons of crude oil, may have to transfer its cargo onto another ship, the official said. There were no injuries or spills 2005 - The departure of the Norwegian Spirit from Vancouver today marks the end of the 2005 Vancouver-Alaska cruise season. The Vancouver Port Authority estimates 910,300 revenue passengers on 272 vessel calls departed and arrived through the Port of Vancouver in 2005, representing a two per cent decrease in passengers over 2004 2005 - PakistaniDefense.com confirms that Pakistani Navy took delivery of eight P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft from the United States is month. This delivery is part of Pakistan-US $1.2 billion military assistance package. Contract also includes upgrades, maintenance of existing fleet of Pakistan Navy's P-3 Orion aircraft 2005 - The remains of Leading Seaman (LS) Robert Leblanc, recently recovered from the Baltic Sea, were interred in a private ceremony today in Nova Scotia. A memorial service for LS Leblanc was held at the military chapel at 12 Wing Shearwater on Mar 22nd. Positive identification of the remains was made by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Ontario. LS Leblanc was serving onboard HMCS Montreal when he was last seen on Feb 8th, 2005. Montreal was part of NATO's Reaction Force Maritime Group 1 in the Baltic Sea area at the time 2006 - The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is contributing to Maritime Emergencies Event on 25 and 26 October in Southampton. The two day event organized by Lloyd's List Events is a unique new concept event purely dedicated to the maritime emergencies industry 2005 - Italian Navy OPV Comandante Borsini recovered a sea turtle in distress in Strait of Sicily 2005 - For the third year in a row, no submarine was in port at Yokosuka Naval Base when the alarm sounded signaling heightened amounts of radiation. A simulated submarine was used for the city of Yokosuka’s annual “what if?” nuclear response drill. The practice tests communication and emergency response to elevated radiation levels. An abnormal reading from one of four on-base Japanese monitoring posts started the drill at 0900. The reading indicated double the normal level, jumped up to 100 times normal and kept increasing until it registered that approximately 2,400 times the normal amount of radiation was being emitted. The Navy’s role, finished within 15 minutes, basically was to establish the source wasn’t one of the nuclear-powered US submarines that occasionally dock in Yokosuka 2005 - Under Secretary of the Navy Dionel M. Aviles visited USS Florida (SSGN 728) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth as part of a familiarization tour of several mid-Atlantic region commands 2006 - Coast Guard searching for a fisherman reported in an 18-foot-vessel, near Nahant Harbor, Mass. Around 6 p.m. tonight, Saugus police department was contacted by the girlfriend of a 59 year-old male reporting him overdue from a fishing trip. He frequently checks crab pots near Nahant Harbor, typically a two-hour trip 2005 - ARA Bahia San Blas arrived to load equipment for Brazilian UN deployment to Haiti 2006 - Mr. Karel De Gucht, Belgian Foreign Minister, will visit NATO Headquarters in his capacity of Chairman of the OSCE 2006 - Aker Kvaerner awarded contracts to supply three subsea drilling riser systems, featuring Aker Kvaerner's innovative CLIP riser system, to Brazilian drilling company Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás S.A. The contracts have a value of approximately USD 80 million 2006 - NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, travels to Berlin to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel, with Minister of Defense Franz- Josef Jung and with members of the Parliamentary Defense Committee. He will also address the German Atlantic Treaty Association 2006 - The last two of the four Kidd-class destroyers Taiwan bought from the US arrive in Taiwan 2006 - Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General of NATO, travels to Moscow on 25-26th October. During his visit he will meet President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, Secretary of the Security Council Igor Ivanov, Deputy Speaker of the Duma Lyubov Sliska and other members of the parliament and government 2007 - A federal judge denied bail for an Egyptian college student arrested after authorities said they found explosive chemicals in his car near South Carolina navy base 2007 - Captain of submarine USS Hampton fired for a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.” The relief comes amid reports that crewmembers skipped necessary chemical tests on the boat’s nuclear reactor and then forged the records to make it look as though those tests were completed. Cmdr. Michael Portland was relieved by Capt. Paul Jaenichen, commodore of Submarine Squadron 11 at Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif 2007 - In a move that is bound to anger Washington, Yemen freed one of the al-Qaida masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing in 2000 that claimed the lives of 17 Americans 2007 - Scrapping US "ghost ships" on Teesside finally approved four years after first one arrived 2007 - CNO Adm. Gary Roughead announced that Rear Adm. Gerald R. Beaman is assigned as deputy chief of staff for operations, Allied Joint Forces Headquarters, Naples 2007 - HM The Queen will visit the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham for a tree planting ceremony. Minister for Veterans, Derek Twigg, and the Malaysian Prime Minister will attend the Malaysian commemoration of the sinking of HM Ships Prince of Wales and Repulse 2007 - On the main deck of the aircraft carrier Yorktown, about 500 Christians and Jews affirmed their joint support for Israel 2007 - Cmdr. 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