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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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Posted 2008-03-29 9:03 AM (#14391)

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BROOKSHIRE, James Wendell, 82, passed away at INOVA Alexandria Hospital on March 24, 2008. Mr. Brookshire, like many patriotic young men during World War II, left Franklin High School to join the US Navy. He was chosen to be part of a very elite group who plied the waters of the Pacific on the USS Spearfish (SS-190). Although he never talked about it, he even found time while in the US Navy to become a Golden Gloves boxer of the submarine fleet. Upon his return from the military, he graduated from Western Carolina University. He taught school in Fairfax County Public schools for several years before becoming a builder of fine home in Northern Virginia. He, his wife, children and grandchildren spent many happy hours together at the beaches in Nags Head, NC and Maui, HI. They traveled extensively throughout the world. He was predeceased by his brothers, Clinton, Hoyt and Harold Brookshire; and his sister Lucille Ramey. Survivors include his wife, Joan Potts Brookshire; daughters, Saundra Brookshire and husband Anthony Pagan of Nags Head, NC, and Alisa Brookshire and husband Leo Snead of Richmond, VA; grandchildren, Morgan Myshin of South Lake Tahoe, CA, Logan Snead and Makenzie Snead of Richmond, VA; youngest brother, Dennis Brookshire; three sisters, Virginia Smith, Barbara Kelley and Ivy Underhill; and 15 nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Franklin United Methodist Church, Franklin, NC on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 10 a.m. with funeral services to follow at 11 a.m. Interment with Military Honors will be at Woodlawn Cemetery. Local arrangements by Demaine Funeral Home, Springfield, VA.

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