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| At random: In 1921, a United States submarine, the R-14, having run out of fuel at sea while looking for the missing tug USS Conestoga, rigged sails from blankets and hammocks sewn together. Bunk frames were used for yardarms and booms. The torpedo loading king post for a fore mast, the torpedo loading boom for a mizzen mast and the telescoping radio mast, for the main mast. The R-14 sailed 100 miles in five days to the port of Hilo, T.H. at a speed of two knots. It has been reported in March 2016 that the Conestoga has been located 3 miles off Southeast Farallon Island, probably sinking with-in a day of leaving port. All hands lost. |
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Old Salt Posts: 330 | Subject: Missing Dex, Today... What a Shipmate! http://www.teresaarthurphotography.com/blog/2015/2/arlington-national-cemetery-a-heros-rest-sn-robert-dexter-armstrong-usn  | ||
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 2974 Location: Liverpool, England | Subject: RE: Missing Dex, Today... A most impressive and fitting send-off for the undisputed bard of the smoke boats. Thank you for posting it, very much appreciated. Pedro  | ||
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Admin Posts: 2316 Location: Renton, WA | Subject: RE: Missing Dex, Today... Reminder that you can use the search feature (top left, under the boat graphic) to search as shown below for Dex's posts here: (DexSearch.jpg) Attachments ----------------  DexSearch.jpg (64KB - 869 downloads) | ||
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