Originally posted by Squiter: THIS CUTTER HWSGLACBUCKCA APPEARED IN THE OPENING SCENES OF A MOVIE ESCORTING A NEWLY COMMISSIONED RUSSIAN SUB OUT INTO THE OPEN SEA.
I want to say that one of the 180's was renamed on the ways for the Acacia (WAGL-200), which was sunk by a U-Boat, therefore, she would have never launched.
Originally posted by nekron99: I want to say that one of the 180's was renamed on the ways for the Acacia (WAGL-200), which was sunk by a U-Boat, therefore, she would have never launched.
That is correct. The CGC THISTLE WAGL-406 was never launched as such because as you said the name was changed to ACACIA before she was christened and launched.
While most 180-foot buoy tenders served in the CG for 50 or more years, this cutter was only around for about 2 years under the command of LCDR Bill Bailey before spending most of her service time in the Artic as the DEBUNSUDRS.
Interesting that she maintained her hull # despite having different designators (WAGL, AKL, T-AKL). She may still be in service with the Phillipine Navy as Kalinga (AG-89) - she was apparently repowered somewheres in Louisiana circa 1995.
Interesting that she maintained her hull # despite having different designators (WAGL, AKL, T-AKL). She may still be in service with the Phillipine Navy as Kalinga (AG-89) - she was apparently repowered somewheres in Louisiana circa 1995.
You are correct, the USNS Redbud. I had heard that the Redbud had been reengined and I hadn't been able to document that until today. The date was Sept 27, 1995.
Unless the CG recommissioned Redbud when she was returned from the Navy in 1970, navsource has it wrong with a WLB-398 post 1965 Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender designation.
"I never saw anything like it, wood all over the place and bodies in life jackets ... never saw so many dead fellows in my whole life. Saw lots of mail bags, boxes, wood, wood splinters, empty life jackets, oars, upturned boats, empty life rafts, bodies, parts of bodies, clothes, cork, and a million other things that ships have in them. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live."
Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. Six hours later while returning to the convoy _____ picked up 33 survivors from the Greek SS Kalliopi. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. The torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard.
