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Dear Sir;
ArriV""~ °<)~S t&'ttm 091?.. 12 !>ace~er" l~ a.t th.a »ar light vessel. ~are
91ght. A.'f'ter stand.ir.~ ~ ad on. ~Gr about. one 0.) h~
the InternatiQ~ fisg fltlll flying. a $~l CO?....Stal stee.."1~r boi:uld. h called
us by- blinker light to tell us the ?ilot vsseel. ~ five (5} miles tfor-~t of
us. We then stood out to :pick up a pilot. Be b~ed. at UOO.
was no pilot boat in
nth
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Ou.to s~e cclled for us to £1> to ~~ Buoy to lighten ~ ship
Bnmbo~ Doci~ at high water the :am u;q, 13 December..
~..se
then to antu
tog made ~s i~ssi'bl.a so
1616,
'1e co~..leted di~
1944.
at the bu07S.
Dische..~
~ completed
i) ·Deeenber.
On.P altered emle:rs called for us to mov&
from the buoys on.~ ~ter, abou.t 1200 14 ~~. l~. ~e i;ilot BWR!t'fl
was 1n telephmu~ co~cation with this ship. At ebo:a.t lfoo he ~imi:)'.l the Yip
to infom
m9
that the weather was net S"J.i\ab-1.e tCl
'baa.riled th:i.s ship ai~~e her a?Tival in port.
since a'bau.t
1300.
!he nmo;t Ga;/ a.t aho-.it 15lg th~
undar similar conditions of waath'3r.
~~ ~e shi:?• Re~ aeva
~ - ~e tu.gs ha.Iii bean standiflg b}"
V8'l~a1 ~~ ~d
by pilot ~thlsten
·
lJ'pon anival ~ this -tessel i.n po!'t l'- Vee~P..r. 1'*4 the ~t$a.
:Srinine,a Shi~ng Limited., ~are notif'i ~ t~t ~O 'ons of f'-resh wate? we_'t'e
~red. to 1bks thP. retm'n vo;rege. Des:>ite ~eat re!lindsrs er'! the fact that
110 va.ter bad beea sat to the shi0 and she ~"oalti be tmable to sail U ab.on r4
fresh waters no mt~ was Se!lt to the shiJ> '111'11 0830, 15 December. 1944. At
Ws.atime o'ftl7 l4.o tons ~ su~!llied. ~o mf'e t:Jat-er 1'BS f'orthe0l!ti1}€.' until 0703,
16 December. the date cm which the vessel ms scheauled t3 8ail. At lolvJ the
'illa.fie!" barge Skirmisher had Jru;t fi'llis~ dis~~ hei- cargo o'f fre&.ll w.ter
i:do this shi:;J. 5318 Chief Enginee?' ~ the Sag !t.:i.801'• Otten JoTBeP- 1nfttJrmed. me
that we still had 80 ~ of Ya~e~ ti>\> 1 i t;J.e to mtr.:.& the vo~. Up tb G.is
time ~ tons fYf 1~ W&ter had been SU:o?liad.
'lhe Sltll"mish.e1!' returned with 80 to:n..s of w.'er at 1350 au begp..n disehargi.ng into this. BM.p. completing the di~r~-s ai 1520- '1!7 this time the tide
had began to ebb and the ~Uot Edelsten declared lt to be extrema}7 ~e \o
attempt to swing the shil> under existing cift'Wll9\~.nea with onl7 the Sklrmi;her
Four tllgS had bee~ ~ted to swing the shi::> but thE\Y
and one tug to assist.
were n~ver Gen.t ~ the
ah!::-.
E. W. OallaWST
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