On 28 May 1982, the Panamanian coastal tanker BP-25 was seized with thirty tons of contraband and sixteen smugglers. The two Navy destroyers returned to Reykjavik and Duane was assigned to the port bow section of the main convoy. U.S. Coast Guard 45.6K subscribers Subscribe 1.5K 203K views 8 years ago Coast Guard Cutter Campbell spring and summer 2014 patrol, This will show you what cutter. In a 2021 post to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Chief Petty Officer Ryan Burger recounts how he got a call from Mason after he was appointed officer in charge of the Coast Guard Cutter Wire, a 65-foot ice-breaking tug. The Associated Press at the time reported that the men were last seen alive in the mid-Atlantic on August 11, by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter. Another British destroyer departed for Reykjavik. 1966: 1 x 5"/38 MK30 Mod75 (single); MK 52 MOD 3 director; 1 x MK 10-1 Hedgehog; 2 (P&S) x Mk 32 MOD 5 TT, 4 x MK 44 MOD 1 torpedoes; 2 x .50 cal. The Duane then headed south. Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheat; 2 x 9' three-bladed propellers. A short time later the towing hawser parted and set the freighter adrift. The Duane then towed the Julia to Guantanamo Bay for repairs. From 19 September to 9 October she served on Ocean Station Bravo and from 4 to 25 December 1960 she once again served on Ocean Station Delta. These men and women spend more than 185 days on average away from their family and friends, and aside from the occasional grumble or homesick remark, the men and women of the Forward are happy on the 270 feet they call home. Suite 200 The following year, 1948, she served on Ocean Station Charlie from 17 January to 6 February, again from 29 September to 20 October and finally from 10 November to 3 December. On 7 November 1942, Duane proceeded to Reykjavik and at 1545 began escorting eight vessels off Grotta Point in company with Bibb. On the 28th and 29th contacts were depth charged and investigated by escort vessels without results. "It is not easy down there," he said. The disabled vessel was then towed to safety. It was while on weather patrol on 9 February 1942 that Duane picked up a strong echo on the echo-ranging machine, about 500 yards distant on the port beam. The date in parentheses is the date a vessel was commissioned in Revenue, Lighthouse, or Coast Guard service; no date is given to commissioned U.S. Navy warships or U.S. Army vessels manned by Coast Guard crews as such manning practices only occurred during World War II. She then earned the sobriquet "Queen of the Squadron," echoing her nickname during the next decade of "Queen of the Fleet." They set out in a 16-foot custom-built red and white rowboat named the Puffin. The conning tower was smoking liberally and the submarine was moving ahead slowly, circling to the right. Duane and the Navy destroyer Schenck were proceeding from convoy ONS-156 on 1 January 1943, to intercept the eastbound convoy SC-114. On the 7th she dropped three charges and fired to "K" guns on a good contact which had no propeller beats or doppler effect. The Duane departed Honolulu on 13 January 1937 and cruised to the five five islands being colonized by the U. S.: Howland, Jarvis, Canton, Enderberry and Baker Islands. Unimak began life as the United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender . Thomas Jefferson attributed his election to the presidency in 1800 to the vigorous support of the elder Duane. In addition, her crew boarded 32 vessels and inspected 388 steel-hulled and 5,211 wooden-hulled vessels. Duane was underway again on 28 January 1943, in company with two Navy destroyers as escort of the westbound convoy ONSJ-163 consisting of nine ships. The crew sought to combat illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing and other maritime threats across the Pacific to protect the United States and our partner's resource security and sovereignty. On the 18th the convoy had plane coverage and one of the British destroyers detached to proceed to Reykjavik with leaking fuel tanks and boiler trouble. The mid-1970s were a period of transition for the Coast Guard with the passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and the nation's shift towards increased interdiction of narcotics smugglers. A sound contact was attacked by an escort destroyer. The following is an alphabeticallist of named vessels of the Revenue Marine, Revenue Cutter Service, Coast Guard and Lighthouse Service. Larger cutters (over 179 feet in length) are under control of Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area). The Duane received the message and relayed the information to USCG Radio Washington. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence's crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Jan. 9, at [] At 0572 the search was abandoned and at 0900 a new search was begun to the westward on a rectangular pattern. Certain rates have requirements that you have to have a certain amount of years afloat, so it is a requirement for advancement. Later a Navy destroyer and a British escort joined the convoy as did three merchant vessels escorted by a YMS. Difficulty was encountered with SS Peter Helms, which was repeatedly cautioned about smoke. Radioman Second Class Rick Moison joked that when the American Importer crewmen saw the Duane coming over the horizon, they were thinking, "How can we help you?" DIX; ex-WILDERNESS, JOHN C. SPENCER (SPENCER, 1937); WPG 36, WAGC 36, WHEC 36, JONQUIL (1946 USCG); ACM 6; WAGL 330; WLB 330, JOSEPH HENRY (1972); WHEO 701; a.k.a. Captain Frost was notified and the word passed to make ready to lower a boat, or to take the people aboard if needed. Welcome to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence page on Facebook. Next morning, 16 August 1944, Duane departed for another anchorage and that evening at 2100 all batteries on board fired at a plane identified as enemy. The Duane stood out of Naples on the 28th, escorted by Biscayne and USS Seer (AM-112) and after the 29th proceeded independently to Bizerte, Tunisia. At 0937 a submarine was sighted about eight miles distant and Duane headed for it at 19 knots. At that time, the Coast Guard provided assistance to transatlantic shipping and aircraft by maintaining ships at strategic locations in the Atlantic Ocean. Five minutes later the Spencer ordered Duane to close her and take over the contact. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Returning to Boston on March 29th, she entered drydock for repairs to her QC (underwater sound apparatus) dome and was underway to Argentia on 31 March 1943. She was assigned to the Pennsylvania station under the command of Master James Montegomery. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Also that year she served on and Ocean Station Able from 6-27 April. Larger cutters (over 179 feet in length) are under control of Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area). A minute later Spencer opened fire and Duane went ahead at full speed toward the submarine and after clearing her line of fire so as not to hit Spencer also opened fire. When youre on land, you have more chances to participate in your community, but when youre on a cutter, that is your community, Smith added. 2 hold taking on water. The cargo in the hold broke loose, caused a small fire, shifted and smashed a three foot gash in her side allowing seawater to enter. Cutter teams all across the Coast Guard are answering the call to duty. A pattern of depth charges was dropped on an underwater sound contact. 2 of assault craft departed followed at ten minute intervals by waves No. At 0617 Wave No, 1 of assault craft departed and a minute later fire was observed in the LCT convoy, astern to port, either a burning vessel or barrage balloon on fire. They observed, on closing in, the black hulk of a ship among the ships of the convoy, with no signs of activity on or about her. The Duane passed eight bodies in life jackets, and two swamped lifeboats, one containing ten, and the other four, bodies of soldiers. Later she detached from the Task Force and proceeded independently to Boston, mooring at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 16th for 10 days availability. Nominee 5: Coast Guard Cutter Life - YouTube 0:00 / 19:42 Nominee 5: Coast Guard Cutter Life 12,293 views Dec 26, 2014 We've reached the half-way point in our top 10 competition. In the end, Duane's crew only got a few days of liberty in Bermuda out of her entire stand-by period. She sought better contact with negative results. Finally, on 24 April, Duane successfully got Arlesiana in tow. On June 1, the Coast Guard made history with the ascension of Adm. Linda Fagan to its top position as commandant, relieving outgoing commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. From 8 to 29 April and again from 23 September to 14 October 1955 Duane served on Ocean Station Bravo. They weighed anchor and proceeded up Hvalfjordur Fjord on an inspection cruise of harbor defenses. At daylight Duane sighted the British SS Ingham, who proved to be a straggler from ONS-156. She was sold in November, 1798. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. She was in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard until 8 April 1942, undergoing conversion and rearmament. McCulloch maintained the distinction as the largest revenue cutter, and later USCG cutter, during its 20-year career. By rules, one person had to stay on or in the boat at all times. Guarding America's West Coast ports and ensuring the safety of vessels, cargo, and people is now an integral part of ALERT's daily operations. Obtaining a sound contact at 2,200 yards on the 31st Duane attacked with a shallow pattern of three charges but a study of the recorder trace revealed the contact as non-sub. On the 18th she reported to the Commander, Eighth Amphibious Force, Mediterranean for duty. Once back in the U.S., Duane returned to ocean station-duty. On the 21st of August, shortly after midnight, a report was received that German "E" boats were in the outer Alpha area and that one might have gotten through. The submarine was now at right angles to the line of fire and several hits were obtained, one nicely centered on the submarine's conning tower. Twenty five minutes later the submarine, later ascertained to be the U-175, sank stern first. That same year she served on Ocean Station Able from 24 March to 15 April and 17 July to 13 August. When she asked if he could accept another female as well, he said they had to do some work. The boarding party seized the vessel, its cargo, and arrested her five-man crew. I'd done several during the day, but never at night. General quarters was sounded and one embarrassing depth charge was released, set for 300 feet. "The skies are clear, the temperature is 86 degrees, and were currently about 15 nautical miles off the coast of the northern claw of Haiti.. SPECIFICATIONS FOR SIX SCHOONERS FOR THE U.S. REVENUE SERVICE Thats an issue the service has been working to eradicate for years and is on the cusp of doing so, a move expected to help boost womens careers in the service and increase retention. At 0700 on that day Campbell augmented the escort force. On the 22nd the wind was force 10 with a heavy sea and a convoyed vessel sent an report that her stern post was being carried away. She began searching south and east, while Babbitt searched south and west. On the 5th, Duane detached from the New York section as it entered the swept channel of New York harbor and, along with Spencer, proceeded to Boston, mooring at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 6th. [1][2] They carry the ship prefix USCGC. Contents 1 420' Healy class Icebreaker (WAGB) The Duane first steamed to Howland Island with supplies for the colonists on that island and also construction material to aid in the building of an emergency airfield in support of the Aviatrix Amelia Earhart's world flight, including two heavy tractors. CG-67) was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To the best of our knowledge, their bodies were never found. She began a search on a retiring search curve. Launched in 1896, it was the largest cutter built to date at a cost of over $200,000. The Duane got underway immediately and after proceeding for five hours at full speed arrived at noon in the vicinity of the reported sub, with the plane nowhere in sight. 10) Eagle -Launched sometime in 1793. On 25 November 1942, Duane proceeded westward and on the 29th stood in to join convoy HX-216 proceeded from Iceland, with two Navy destroyers. . MIAMI Coast Guard Cutter Angela Mcshan's crews repatriated 82 people to Cuba, Monday, following interdictions off Florida's coast. The Duane's surfboat then shuttled the survivors from their lifeboats to safety on board the cutter. The Schenck sighted friendly aircraft at 0950 on the 2nd and asked whether SC-114 had been sighted. The Sentinel-class fast response cutter is a key component of the Coast Guard's offshore fleet that is capable of deploying independently to conduct missions that include port, waterways and coastal security; fishery patrols; search and rescue; and national defense. Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off Key Largo, Florida, 27 November 1987, Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Were going to do that job no matter how long it takes.. Unit missions include Icebreaking, Homeland Security, Light House projects, Law Enforcement, and Public Affairs. She began a diagonal search of a five mile area extending 75 miles down wind and at 2000 a rectangular search pattern around same area. The List of United States Coast Guard Cutters is a listing of all cutters to have been commissioned by the United States Coast Guard during the history of that service. 1936:2 x 5"/51 (single mount); 2 x 6-pounders. The Bornholm sank thirty minutes after the last of her crew climbed aboard the cutter. While it was deemed advisable for Duane to pick up survivors without cover from Schenck, it was also very hazardous to leave the convoy without protection. In the late seventies, Mr. Goehring had become a Rear Admiral and commanded the Boston District. We don't have a flight deck, so they had to do a vertical rescue. There was even a cook in the galley preparing a hot meal for the crew after the boarding was complete. Following a service tradition, Duane's hull numbers were then painted in gold, signifying her new and honored status in the fleet. Although the pumps were able to keep up, the captain ordered a distress message sent out. It took a full court press to make this happen, said Lt. Cmdr. On a ship, youve got nowhere to go.. Once the tug had a line on Galloway, Duane set course for SS Arlesiana, which had run out of fuel and needed a tow to Bermuda. She took charge of the main convoy on the 16th as the cutter Campbell (WPG-32) and a British escort vessel searched for a submarine. Several hours later Duane was ordered to assist the cutter Ingham (WPG-35) in a search. Ending the search, Duane entered her Seventh Coast Guard District operating area on 14 September, there joining the Cuban operations. Within two days, five vessels were seized as they tried to make their way to Cuba to pick up passengers. She had clean sides, no unusual armament and a deck cargo of invasion barges. The sub headed directly away after drawing right and then turned right, half an hour later it submerged at 10,500 yards range and Duane began a retiring search allowing for the sub's speed of six knots. Further, most 270-foot cutters are over 30 years old. Increasing signal strength indicated that they were getting closer and ships were darkened for protection. Once the situation was under control, Duane se course for Galloway. This strategic, multi-year effort analyzed many factors that make up life aboard cutters to include: time underway, maintenance requirements, living quarters arrangements, and nature of missions. Fires were still burning or smoldering in the hills and frequent detonations were presumed to be demolitions by Navy units. On 9 February 1943, Duane stood out of St. John's harbor to escort USS Orizaba (AP-24) to Boston and arrived there on the 12th. According to the Coast Guard, around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday a tug boat Legacy crew member . A SCHOOL WELLNESS PROGRAM. The cutter immediately sailed towards the sinking merchant ship and rendezvoused with her during the night. Ordered to rejoin the convoy at 1900, she and Ingham were unable to find it during the night, as it had made a sharp evasive turn to shake off the U-boats. Duane remained anchored in Baie de Cavalaire, France, until 10 September 1944, when she stood out, stopping at Ajaccio, Corsica several hours the next day. Official Publication of the Navy League of the United States. Again on the night of the 11th, two vessels were apparently straggling, but not seriously. Because the captain of the 82-foot cargo ship spoke little English, a Haitian interpreter accompanied the team. The studies found that the 270-foot medium endurance cutters had more days away from homeport than any other class of cutter for the period reviewed. 221-222. She was built at Washington, North Carolina. The website is run by his son, Jan Rooks & Adam Randazzo.]. JOSEPH HENRY, PATTERSON (1924 USCG); CG DESTROYER CG 16, PONTCHARTRAIN (1928); later HMS HARTLAND, Y 00, ROGER B. TANEY (1936); WPG/WHEC 37; TANEY, SAMUEL D. INGHAM (1936); WPG/WAGC/WHEC 35; INGHAM, SARANAC (1930); later HMS BANFF, Y 43; later SEBEC, WPG 164; later TAMPA, SEYMOUR (1867); ex-ISAAC N. SEYMOUR; ex-J. Three merchant vessels were detached at 0730 and at 0810 a Guantanamo section of three vessels proceeded independently. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; HF/DF: (1942) DAR (converted British FH3?). He had been in Barbados a year ago and up until two trips ago had been in the South Atlantic where they had sunk a six or seven thousand-ton ship full of "cement and things," bound for Moravia from Trinidad. Although capsized, the small craft contained one set of oars, binoculars, a direction finding receiver, cameras, exposed film, compass charts, food and personal items. She asked if he could accept a female Boatswains Mate Third Class. The Duane permanently departed Vietnamese waters on 28 July 1968. On the 17th the Duane again anchored in Baie de Cavalaire. She then sailed to within helicopter range. All hands were totally amazed to see two men who left Virginia Beach two months before, rowing a boat on Ocean Station Delta. Plans to then decommission Duane were postponed after Congressional concerns about Coast Guard coverage in the waters off Maine prompted the service to keep the aging cutter in service "for three to five years," according to the Duane's commanding officer at the time, CDR L. Nicholas Schowengerdt. On Tuesday evening, 15 March 1983, Duane intercepted the 154-foot coastal freighter Civonney, 270 miles east of the Delaware Bay, after that vessel was first sighted by a Coast Guard HC-130. One month after returning from this patrol Duane was off again. Then came a warning that friendly bombing missions were about to arrive at five minute intervals from the southeast. On the 20th the Casablanca section detached with Duane, Campbell and three Navy escorts and moored at Casablanca on the 21st. COBB; WPG 181, GRESHAM (1946 USCG); WAVP 387; WHEC 387; ex-WILLOUGHBY, HACKBERRY (1945); ex-USA T 187; CG 65024D, HAMILTON (1921 USCG); ALEXANDER HAMILTON; ex-USS VICKSBURG, HAMILTON (1937); ALEXANDER HAMILTON; WPG 34, HEATHER (1947 USCG); ACM 7; WAGL 331; WLB 331, HERNDON; USS; (1931 USCG); CG DESTROYER CG 17, INGHAM (SAMUEL D. INGHAM, 1936); WPG 35; WAGC 35; WHEC 35, ITASCA (1930); LATER HMS GORLESTON, Y 92; LATER WPG 321, IVY (1947 USCG); ACM 5; WAGL 329; WLB 329, JASMINE (1866); later WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, JOHN A. DIX (1865); a.k.a. No matter how long their patrols are, the crew of the Forward will continue to operate with the rest of the cutter fleet. Unfortunately, many of these so-called "stand-by" periods were anything but. bombardment of shore targets commenced. Eventually that path will lead to XPO positions on the new waterways commerce cutters that are being commissioned in late 2024.. The primary mission of the cutters assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three was the interdiction of supplies and arms being smuggled to the Viet Cong and providing support to ground forces by naval gunfire. And its all because they are choosing, they wanted to go afloat. 1, 35 38' N x 53 21' W and Station No. The first lieutenant was struck across the stomach. Her medical team treated over 300 native people from the fishing villages of Co Phu and Pho Tu. The Ingham was instructed to bring the two convoyed ships together and the Duane continued to search for others during the afternoon, Ingham's radar being superior, the Duane took over the escort of the two ships and Ingham began to search for the others. Each cutter embarked meteorologists from the Weather Bureau who made observations with radiosondes and balloons, and the cutters provided Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boats: Yankee Clipper, Dixie Clipper, and American Clipper, with weather and position reports and transmitted radio signals to allow the planes to take accurate bearings. It was also being pounded by the heavy seas and 40 mph winds. "Reveille, Reveille, Reveille up, up all late sleepers. The pilot, descending by parachute, was picked up by a PC boat. Returning to the position of the torpedoing at daylight, oil patches, empty life jackets, boats and other small wreckage was sighted. On 4 December of 1967 Duane was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three off the Coast of Vietnam, where she served as the flagship for Coast Guard squadron. On this occasion the outcome was not so pleasant. On the 4th she was underway with a Dutch warship and four PCs as escort for convoy GAT-103 en route Trinidad, B.W.I. The Duane, serving as the flagship for Coast Guard Squadron Three, also hosted the change of command ceremonies when CAPT John E. Day was relieved as the commanding officer of Coast Guard Squadron Three by CAPT Sherman K. Frick on 6 May 1968 in Subic Bay. We visit and phone a few times a year. She then served on ocean stations Hotel (31 August to 9 September 1971); Echo (14 September to 10 October 1971); Bravo (9 February to 4 March 1972); Delta (19 April to 13 May 1972). The ship was not hurt, but inside it was all bad. When the boat came alongside, a ladder was put over. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Anacapa is leaving Petersburg this year after more than three decades of fisheries law enforcement, rescues and patrols in Southeast Alaska. Lieutenant [Robert W.] Goehring was the ship's gunnery officer and was back within that shield doing an inspection when one of those waves hit the ship, came over the side at the same time that the bow rose on another wave further depressing the stern. It was mid-afternoon on a clear sunny day. Here she conducted four Grand Banks patrols, from October through December, 1939, completing her final patrol on 12 January 1940. She was later sunk as an artificial reef along with her sister cutter Bibb off Key Largo. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. She continued on ocean station duty during the early 1960s, and continued her traditional Coast Guard duty of assisting those in need on the seas. On the 9th the convoy entered Bocas de Dragon swept channel and on the 10th moored at Trinidad. Duane's father was the editor of the Philadelphia Aurora, a leading newspaper of the Democratic party. That evening six merchant vessels joined from Aruba escorted by two SCs, which later returned to Aruba. Download Images of Coast guard crew frees entangled sea turtles, Living marine resources - Free for commercial use, no attribution required. She continued to search for eight hours in the general area, when a suspicious underwater sound was again heard. Gate National Recreation Area, February, 1984; pp. This is the cue for groggy mid-watchers to roll out of their racks and start another long workday. The Schenck reported being with another ship of the convoy and sighting others to the northwest. Departing the Navy Yard on the 7th she underwent a series of tests and returned to the Yard on the 19th for a period of availability until the 28th when she moved to N.O.B. Its not like your house where you can just go out on your front lawn and wait for the fire department. This was undoubtedly the cause of the accident to the steering gear. On October 5th she began escorting, in company with Ingham and Schenck, the outbound five-ship convoy ONSJ-136. Subic Bay in the Philippines served as homeport while in the Far East. White caps and foam flew from the tops of the huge icy swells that bounced the Duane as she slowly made headway to remain on station. She patrolled the waters of the Chesapeake under the command of Master Simon Gross. Commissioned vessel of the U.S. Coast Guard. Although their original life expectancy was set at 20 years all six of the lovely cutters have been extensively modernized during and since World War II. The combat control center kept close contact with the 7th District and reported every detail of the boarding back to them. Contents 1 History of the USCG cutters 1.1 First ten cutters The submarines failed to materialize, however, and on the 9th the convoy stood up the swept channel and fjord for anchorage at Hvalfjordur. L., 639) in 1863. Marie-based inland buoy tender because it will take several years. The American Importer stayed for repairs, and the Duane's crew got one night's unexpected liberty ashore after spending the day breaking ice off all exposed surfaces. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. The Civonney claimed Honduran registry and denied a consensual boarding, so Duane began diplomatic communications with Washington. He asked the lookout if he could see it, and the lookout replied that he did. HMS Orion, lying east of Duane, commenced a shore bombardment at 1507, firing over Duane for 23 minutes until the gun emplacements ashore which were her targets were reported knocked out. The Duane put over her motor surfboat as Bornholm lowered two lifeboats with the crew of the merchantman aboard. Later that evening Duane slowed to 16 knots due to heavy seas, increasing again early on the 16th to 18 knots and reached the estimated convoy position at noon. (Duane's Vietnam Deployment Cruisebook). . During one attempt Duane's commanding officer, first lieutenant, and members of the deck force were struck by a whipping hawser. Still later in her stand-by period Duane participated in the search for a yacht that was missing southwest of Bermuda. The weather was partly sunny with a visibility (from the flying bridge) of five to seven miles and a sea of two to four foot swells. Each NSC is capable of operating in the most demanding open ocean environments, including the hazardous fisheries of the North Pacific and . She was the third cutter to bear that name. "We came up and saw you in the periscope, but you saw us and we knew it was all over. CA: United States Department of the interior, National Park Service, Golden On nearer approach, the plane was observed to be dropping smoke bombs. 1,517 likes. The purpose was to provide emergency assistance to ships and aircraft if needed. But don't hold your breath waiting for the replacement of the Sault Ste. In September of 1939 she was assigned to duty with Destroyer Division 18, conducting neutrality patrols along the Grand Banks (these patrols were known as "Grand Banks Patrols"), as ordered by President Franklin Roosevelt. It was about four feet in height and had only a narrow opening for gun crew access. The plane left on the arrival of Duane. On the 24th Duane detached from the convoy and returned to Hvalfjordur. This vessel was also low on fuel and had a bent propeller shaft coupler. The Schenck returned to Reykjavik with a man who had sustained serious face injuries and a possible skull fracture due to the rough seas. 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