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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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crystal

Posted 2009-07-20 4:19 PM (#28794)

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Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula)

Subject: Lost Shipmates!

If any of you knew a George Meissner from the Tusk (in Viet Nam days) or a James Dimick from the Catfish, give me a yell, both are up in Green Bay, WI and want to make contact with shipmates...

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