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S~: Trip Report - Recovery of tV 13 

LOCATIOIf: At Sea - 3.50 Mile. IIorthea.t of ..... 1.1 

FRIDAY. 19 HOYIMBIR. 1971 

We chec:lc.ed with the .ite Sand. at the .hip ,.rd to eleterai_ if 

thina. were proare .. ina on achedule. Proddone were be1q 1 ..... anct'the 

EnsiDeer 1 Lt. AbbO't, va. out pickina up the freezer. 'ftae unit 18 a .. IfcO'ntained unit, aU a.anbled. It is 8 feet x 8 feet x 24 f .. l 10Rl anll is 

.. id to be capable of .1.t&1nilla teIIpIrature. aa low a. zero dearee. r ±l -I' • 

It will be loaded where the 1IIIIke-ahift freezer 18 pre.endy located. '!'be ship 

ya~- crew will al80 c~lete all the electrical installation and .ake .ure 

that the unit i. operatina. 

We vere infO'r.d thet .aiUna ti_ vaa aet for 1300 on Saturday. 

'!'be plan is to use a new tow1Dl .hip, ''lbe coucaU" to tow White 5aD4. to 

the recovery dte 'Ilhd to be JoiMcl later by Apache. 'l'bis .1ve. Apache an 

extra day in port and a180 allowa Apache to' initiate the search for the 

taraet .rkers (DOTS - Deep Oeu. Transponder.) without haviaa to transfer 

tow to Coucal1. Repair waa unclerwy 01\ aU critical ite.. Two new outboard enaine. hacl been eleU. .. red aw' ... re 01\ board. They ... re DOC .. Ie cO' 

locate a Boston Whaler and were check1n. all poa.ible .ource. in Hoaolulu. 

A new DOT checkout box ... beina flCNll in fro. San Di .. o ancl if it doe.n· t 

arrive 1n time to' .ke the White Saacl' a departure, it will be brouaht out 

by Apache. 

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We checked out of our hotel aad lot to' White SalMI. "y about 1000. 

We were told that a critical prObt .. with the f2 bGiler had DOt yet been 

re.olved aacl that the 1300 .. Uina tm. •• in jeopardy. We lCMlded our lUl-

.a.e aboard and went out for lunch co await the final decision. Dud ... lUDCh 

.. recelwd work that the .. ilina had been pGatponed until Sunday, 20 NcN8IIIber 

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We got underway on .chedule (1300). White SaDcl. •• towed a., 

from the pier by three tug boats. the coucan joined White Sand. in the 

channel of Pearl Harbor and the tow l1ae tranaferred. As va reachecl the 

DIOuth of ~ harbor, Coucan reported that their towin .... 1De (a cleviee 

that maintains proper tension in the tow line) had faUed and that she could 

no longer tow White Sands safely. 'l'he tow line .s .. parated, Whit. Sands 

headed out under her own power, and a rush can put 1n for Apache. Portunately, the crew of Apache were aU aboard all4 ahe waa dispatched ~1ately 

to pick up the tow. We were undenMy by niptfan. 

Coauander Mooney 1MS r.placed by capt. S. Packer, Coowoc'1>re of 

Submari38 Develop.ent Group I, fro. Saft Die.o. the CO Dder, d_Uar to 

the previous role of Co-wnder I'boney, is in charge of the operation at .... 

_._ ... _____ lI~Ljoin~ the task el_rit to set a first-hand appreciation of the diving 

operation and to add his full authority to the day-to-day d.ciaiona. Commander MOoney returned to San D1.80 to act for the Commodor. at the Development Group. In ray opinion this chanae will do little to help the operationi 

not becau.e of the ability of either of the two men involved, but because of 

the lack of continuity in the leedenMp due to the chanaa. 

Hl!IDlY. 22 NOVEMBER 1971 

the ta.k el .... nt 18 und.rway at about S knot. heading for the 

recovery aite. Plenty of time for nahina but not auch elae. 

TUESDAY I 23 NOVEMBER. 1971 

this morning was h11h111hted by another helicopt.r transfer at 

aea. An Air Force helicopter carrying parts for the aviation aasoline pump 

for White Sands arrived at about 1030, lowered the parts and picked up the 

out-going mall. 

MaanwbUe a battery probl .. on Tri.ate has been ·surfaced. One of 

the primary battery cells is grounding out and they are not sure if it is 

cracked due to the pressure from the 16,400 fooe dive or if it is due to the 

rough weather after the dive. In any event, the problem .ust be reaolved 

before the next dive and work has been soina on around the clock to repair 

tile d..age. 

1'hia afternoon a fire drill vas cODclucted, uuannounced. '1'hla sent 

the crew scurrying around and caused a ioocl d .. l of concern to thoae unf .. U iar 

with the practice. 

The weather has improved somewhat this afternoon. The wind· is 

now about 6 to 10 knots and the seas down to two to three feet with swella 

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of about 4 to 7 feet. '!he taak e1_nt 18 atill hucliDI for: the dte at 

about 5 knot. -- no fiah today~ 

WBDlIESDAY. 2/~ MOVEMIEIt 19n 

'!be taak d_nt reached the opention ana eady thb mor:n1Da. 

Per:aonne1 and equipaent were tran.ferred by ... 11 boat to Apache to asslat 

in the survey for the tranaclucers on the ocean bottc.. 'l.'he plan 18 to separate the tow to aUov the uuch .are _neuverable Apache to .. arch for the dots 

via a "D .. p Ocean Transducer Interroaatorti (Str:a.a Ibid 7060). '!b18 device 

has a .. nsor head which is .uapended irOlD the side of the ahip to about 75 

feet below the bottom of the hull. 

I '!'be March c~nced in the ,early afte1'DOOl\ ad cOIltiDuecl on 

through the niaht. 'l'here .... orisinally a aoocl deal of concen that the two 

dots which· were placed b::,·-the DeSteiauer bad expired. 'l.'hey have a guaranteed 

life period of one month and since they vere deployed about the .iddle of 

October: they .ight not nov be operating. By early eV8nina, however:, the 

£irst report. c_ back that they bad located dot #3 (ODe of the oriainal 

units) and they thought that dot zero .... also re.pondtns. 

THURSDAY. 25 NOYIHBEll un ('!bankllivina) 

Continutna the transducer survey on into the nilht (early morning), 

it was discovered that the reaponse· of the equipment see..-d to be better than 

dUl"ing dayUpt hour.. All of the dots vere located &ad throuah an iterative 

process of rang ins to each of the dot. while changing the location of the surface sensor (moving Apache acro.s the base -line between dots 5 and 8, J and S, 

and J and 8) th~y W8re ~ble to ~lculata the relative loc3tion of all the dots 

with respect to one another. The results of this survey is· illustrated in 

Pipre 1. 

'!'he weather still r_ins the _jor problem. Winds of about 8 knots, 

. s.a. of about 2 feet and swells aver .. ina 7 feet continued throupout the day. 

Although the wind and sea. were about -rainal for launching Trteate the 7 

foot swells prevented such an operation. . 

'!'he battery probl .. appear. to have been solved. Apparently two 

Irouncl1Da probl ... in .erie .... re the cause of the trouble. ~tll each ... 

located and repaired independently, the fix to neither .ee.ed to ..u any 

.difference. By nightfall the repairs had been _de and battery charli. cOllIaenc8<l. 

A meeti .. was held in the Ward looIII after dilmer to dbcus. the 

re.u1 ts of the survey and to layout plans for .the future. '!'be d1ecua*:l.on of 

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on station until the weather cooperates enoup to launch 'frie.t.. 1ben lauach, 

••• , .hot &Del db. 'rrie.te within the trtaaaia fomed by the dots ill the nav 

net. Several cbaaae. frOli the previous dba are sure to aid in the succe •• -

ful completion of the next dive. ODe, the trail ball wh1ch faUed to deploy 

OIl the bottOil on the la.t dive will be .aploJ8d prior to the dive and r_in 

out to about 35 feet dudn. the entire dive .equence this tt.. 'l"tIO, the 

up-dated .urvey infon.t1on will be used to navisate Tria.te on the bottOlll 

thereby allowing the surface ship. to a.si.t in vectorina Trieate to tha 

target. '1'hree, operating with the trail ban at 35 faat will reduca the 

.tirring up of the bottOil caused by ridiq on the •• s a. on tha previous 

dive a .... ll a. allow the proper fwactiOlliq of the .onar which is not de-

.isoed to operate .0 clo.e to the bottOll. 

It is .lpif1caat to point out that the lata.t nav net 1nf~tion 

indicate. that tha 13 dot is not loc.ted a. reported by the MPL .e.rch t_. 

'l'his apparent di.crepancy waa deduced frOli data taken both frOID the first 

dive aa well a. the aurvey ju.t cOlllpleted by Apache. If this is correct and 

the dot. continue to operate, it i. felt that Tri.ate can be vectored directly 

to the payload .nd not r.quir. an alaborat. aearch. In any .vent, Trie.te is 

ready to go. All _ need now is adequate _ather. 

~ . ..; FJl~Y. 26 NOVEMBER 1971 

'1'he taka element remained on .tation awaitina a break in th. weath.r. 

Apache is aSain tovins White Sanda. '1'he wind has picked up to 12 knot. with 

.ea. of 3 feet and aweUa averasing 6 feet. Still too roup to launch. 

SATURDAY« 27 NOVEMBER an 

Situation about cae ...... Wind. 13 knots, .... 3 feet and sweU. 

a feet. Rot poadbla to I_Deb Tri.a.ta. Coaduc:tad a ra¥iw gf the 

made by Lt. Cdr. Bartela to Admiral Lacey for_r. 

ao ahowed Capt. Packer the alidea we presented t and 

It ,.a auuested by Cept. Packer that we wake al e. 0 t e nav 

in the .et for future brieflna. that he f.lt were aure to be 

required. 

SUNDAY, 2a NOVEMBER. 1971 

Although it is aOlMnlbat cloudy, the aea ..... to have cal_d dOllD 

.~t • Wind,.. reported to aver .. e 7 knots, the .... runniq 2 feet and 

lwell. about 6 feet. tast n1&ht the a • .,..ter (wind velocity .a.uriDI device) 

was dropped and broken. Althouch the unit w_ re,.ired aad appears to function 

properly, its calibration is in qua.tion. Wind velocities reported frOBl hare 

on, therefore, are probably not a. accurate as tho •• previously reported. They 

will, however, provide a pretty good est~mate'of the condition. and inasmuch as 

the DBsnitudes reported are average figure8, it i. felt that they will be adequate • 

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Ito dive todey pencliaa biprovement ill the weather. '!'he 1.te.t 

.... cher predIction b for one or two day. of iJlproved weather ahead. We aU 

bope it will be 100d enoup to launch Trieate. 'l'be pIa for ta.)l'rov f.a to 

1.UIlCh in the 1IIOl'D1ag -- "we.ther penaittlna". 

!DIMY. 29 NOYEMBp 1911 

Although the winds built up to as high .s 20 knot. durina the 

night they were down to 10 knots or lower thb 1IIOrning. '1'he clec1a1on to 

prepare to dive c ... at about 10:00 and fram that point on the White SaDCl. 

and Trie.te became a beehive of activity. 

I.lked and was liven permhdon to dde the hau.er boat that tOWI 

TriestE' out of the dock well after White S.nds floods down. '!'he purpo.e of 

to take pictures for _ froa the dock well _11e 1 lot picturs 

from the other side. It was quite an experience. 

. '!'he launch came off without a hitch and lasina haa been started. 

!bey expect to finiah laaina and shotiDa durinl the ni.ht aDd dive early to-

.,rrow morning. 

As aoon as Trieste waa safely launched, Apache separated the tow 

.nd aet out to loc.te the tranac1ucers on the bot tOlll. At la.t report, they 

had loc.ted dota 3 and zero and were hopina to have the others mortly. 

A .S"le wal recei.".d frOlll Cdr. !i>oney inclicatilll that Dr. Spebl 

noted a dilcrepancy in the location of the payload with relpect to dot zero. 

Where we were usins dimensionl of 165 yard. South and 35 yarda West I Dr. Speiaa 

indicated that it ahould be 165 yard. Weat and J5 yarda ::Iouth. The nav nat 

h.s been ao chanleel although the difference ia almost in the noiae level. 

Sever.l new plots of the nav net for use in the sphere and with • leale and 

coordinate ayatem compatible with the computer on board the White Sand. are 

included a8 Figures 2, 3 arid lAo 

'!'he _ather today 1MS reported - vind, up to 10 knotl, .... 2 f .. t, 

nella S feet. 

TUESDAY, 30 tlWEMIIR 1971 

Galins wal completed in record time yelterday afternoon - 4 1/2 

hours. Shotiaa wal ca.pleted early this aomina and electrical checkout started 

by about 0800. 'l'here were a nwaber of Irounding probl ... uncovered. 1'hia ia 

not unusual. When Trie.te is l.unched and aU the electdcal interconnectiona 

set wet th1a can be expected. What they do is send divers down and change 

connecters and/or components until all of the syste.1 check out. Most of the 

exterior equipment is modular and if remating connecters doesn't solve the 

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problem they chaDle the .,..le. lbla operation today, bowwr I .. 1l0w4 

dowa by the preMDCa of a nUlllbar of uninvited vllitor.. About a do.en larse 

.barb and a IS - 20 foot killer whale c&1M ewer to ... what all the activity 

1M. • 'J.'hey r_1Decl in the area wtp8t of the day. AI thoush it diel not .top 

the diver. c~letely it slowed the clown coaliderably bec:auee _11e two 

workecl (Xl the .caph one kept an eye out for the .harb. When the .barb JOt 

in too ClOM they all got risht out of the _ter. 1be .bart. were eatiq the 

paper wiper. the diver. u.e to cover the ca .. ra and television 1ellle •• 

All of the electrical probl_ were relOl wd, the reconry hook 

lowered into the water 011 float. and Trie.te towel to the dive dte. 'l'be 

hook va. fa.tened into place (It i. attached ju.t prior to the dive 10 that 

it and Trie.~e are not .ubjected to Ions period. of ezpo.~e to .urface action 

which could cauae d .... e.) 

'!'he dive got underway at 17.45. On the ,..y down, the acaph developed ------. a ll.t to port of about 25° e. !he pilots tried to correct the attitude by 

balancins by dropping .hot from the oppollte dde. It va •• tated that the 

pil~t didn't feel he hed coatrol until after they reached a depth of 7,000 feet. 

'l.'hay cOllti.nuad 011 down to about 15,000 feet, .toped, and .tarted 

"interrogating the transducers. They first pinpointed their location about 

S ,000 feet frOID the #3 dot. After driving to the target and lowering to the 

bottom they .earched the ba.e line between dots #3 and zero cro •• ing the base 

line about four ti.... In the proce •• they encountered several equipment 

problems. !be computer power suppiy failed and du.ped part of the naviaation 

-.ory. aiding with the trail ba11 out to about 35 feet they couldo't .. e 

the bottom .0 they winched it in to 10 feet. 'l.'hat wa. a little too much 

because when they atarted to 1IlOVe forward, the cable assume. a slipt anile 

to the rear pullina the scaph down sl1&htly. wich t:he residual li.t ~c&u.ie 

of improper metering of the .hot ballast on the way down, the port .leel started 

draging the bottoa. They then tried to lower the trail ball 8lishtly &ad it 

wouldn't payout. The end result was that they either had to dow down or 

slide the .keg on the bottom. In thb confiauration it was extr_ly. dif-

. ficult to .teer a steady course. 

'1'be doppler .onar sy.tem also failed on the bottom. 'J.'hia device 

provide. both heilht off the bottOlD infonation a. well as horo.ontal veloci .. y. 

'l.'he lo.s of this information is not critical to the mhlion since they have 

redundant depth indicators and a ~ of deteraining their position other 

than through velocity -- time relationships. After searching the 3 - 0 ba.e 

Ii .. and investigating several CTFM .ona~ signals with no success and having 

been down for almost eisht hours the battery voltage wa. reachilll it •• tnt.um 

safe level, they "icked up • Cn'M signal in a direction We.t of dot #3. 'J.'hey 

drove in that direction until they .uddently lost the contact. 'J.'hey t..diately 

slowed down and peering out the viewing scope they spotted the payload passtng 

about ~ feet to the right of the starboard skeg. (The reason for lo.ing the 

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throuah the vi ... r 18 about 30 f.et. There 18 a dead lone betvun the two). 

'l'bey c_ to an ~iate .top but thair ... ntua carried th_ beyaad the 

packase. 'lb.y then at.rted to ... eaver the acaph .rOUDd to bri. the payload 

into view when the low ~ltq. batt.ry d.ra CaM on. 'lbey tri_ to operate 

the mechanical u. in order to plant &ftOth.r tranacluc.r next to the ,.ylMd 

for future reference and the ahoulder aoY ... nt would not oper.te to the risht. 

It va •• uepected that the cOlibination of low voltale and the li.t of the vehicle 

... too sreat a load for the a~ .hcNld.r 1IIOtor. In .ny nent they .. re not 

.ble to deploy the dot. With verY"Uttle JH*IIr rn.iniDi ancllittle hope of 

even trippinl the recovery hook they d.cided to haH for the aurface. 'lbe 

la.t check of the batt.ry on the bottom indicated 4 of the 6S or eo c.ll. 

hacI been depl.ted to the extent that they had rav.n_ polarity. '1'hedkiaion 

to aurfac. va. confir-ed. 'lb.y re.checl the .urfac •• t 04lS w.l __ y -mina. 

It va. a Ions d.y~ 

'lbe weather -.awhile had cooperated nicely. Wind. .ver..... Ie •• 

than 7 knot. with the •••• runniaa 2 feet and awell. of about 4 f.et. 

WIPPSDAY, 1 DECEMBER 1971 

\.".. (Prior to the dive on 'ru .... y another ••• goina tus boat, the "Abuki" 

joined the ta.k element to provide additional flexibility duri"". the, operation. 

lna8lllUch .as the operation vas well underway, she vas asked to stand cl_r to 

a .. it further inatruction. after cOlllpl.Uon of the dive.) 'lb. Tri •• te ... 

al.in •• cured to Whit. Saud', the recovery hook r..aved &ad stowed in the 

dock well and all otb.r equipment secured. 

~t 10:30 • meeting was called to revirl the nishts activity and to 

_ke plans for the next oper.tion. In att.ndance were .U Tri •• t. &ad White 

S.oda officers and all civiU.ns. '!'he first order of buaine •• was • revi.w 

of the "out of co.aia.ioo" it..... 'l'he ltst includes 

1. COIIputer power aupply .ncl part of the Davtaatioa _~,. 

2. 'l'be trail ball winch - the ball suspend.. to 10 feet. 

3. Doppler sonar - horizontal velocity iadic.tor aacl depth i-use. 

4. Mechanical ArIa - ript .houlder ..o«:ioo. 

s. Betteries depleted -- check for r.versed cells. 

6. 'l'vo ... rch 11lht. -- ..... Dot collimated. 

7. G. P. _t.r. 

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Rext, a d18cual1on of the naviaation data and operatlon on the bottGll .a 

held. 111e plan is to locate Trieste OIl the surface so that vheD ahe free-faUs 

to the bottoa, she wi11 b. within 500 feet of the T - T baseline. '!'his is 

accomplished by tovina Trieste up the deift current @o a ~alculated poeition 

that will carry her to the proper spot on the botto.. '!'his is not a. easy 

aa it aounds because in dele_till to the bottoa vithcNt power the Trwte 

tends· to eoVe in a larle .piral. In addition, the current direction aad 

velocity 18 a non-linear function with re.pect to depth, prevaili ... weather 

conditions, location, etc. aad very Uttle data 18 available • 

. Oft this dlve the first renae data to T anrI TO f.ncIicateci that Trieste 

was located over 5,000 feet froaa T~. '!'his requi~ecl .. veral hours to close the 

sap to the search area. l'he DaVilation data fro. the previous dive aad in 

real t". froa Apache enabled Trieste to locate tit'! search area &ad e"ntual~ 

locate the peckale a. discus.ed earlier. Yipre 4.hows the relation.hip of 

the packale to dot. 0 and 3. It.. concluded that bovina the location of 

the packase the next dive could be con.idered a recovery dive rather than a 

.. arch dive and that every atta.pt should be _de to poaition Trie.te IIIOre 

ac~uraLely for the drop point 10 that .0 .uch tt.e (and battery life) ia not 

c~ in settinl to the payload. 

Plans ... re •• tabIbhed to repair the fail,d equipment, charse the 

~ter1e., re-sa. and re-.hot Trieste within the next few days with the loal 

of betns ready to dive apin within 48 hours. In the afternoon I pr4apared a 

briefing chart of the nav net data showing the location of the payload as 

detemined by Trieste aa cOIIpared to the orilinal data supplied by the search 

t.... '!'his chart, a. had previous charts of the current nav net data, have 

iiiii en bot08raphed for inclusion in a .lide presentation for the .kipper. 

and I al.o will have copies. 

By late afternoon the weather had turned for the worse with .... 

and winds buildin&. Weather predictions do not look good and there is aOlDe 

que.tion of heina able to ~omplete the battery charle tonisht. 

tHVfSDlY, 2 DlClllSIlt 1971 

Charsins va. discontinued in the early morning due to the hlah wind 

and buUdina seas. Winds of 20 knots, .,.as of 2 feet and nella of over 6 feet 

prevail. All dive activity •• halted. 

nIDAY, 3 DEMlER 1971, 

Weather re_ina about the s_. Another day of .itins for the .... 

to cal. down aD that divins activity can be started. 

A meeting of the officer., the navigation team, and the civilians 

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van Uttle chaqe to the previoua plan. 'l'he •• t .ipUicant point brouaht 

out was the critic.lity of the life of dots 0 aad 3. As. result it ... 

•• r .. d tha~ the amount of interros.tion of the dots would be held to • mini-

__ to preserve their life for tbe next dive. It vas .lao qreacl to provide 

.ore com-unic.tion fro. Trie.te durin. the dive. 

'lbe tow of White Sands WILl tr.uferred fro. Apache to Abaaki .Dd 

Apache picked up the tow on Trielte. 'l.'hla simpUfied the tovina .rr.naement 

and .voWed the horae shoe effect encountered when arranl_ in • taadoa tow 

with White SaDcls (wlth its l.rae prof11e expo led to the vind) in the lliddle 

between Apache .nd Trieste. 'l'he t •• e1eMnt reaiDed in thf.a dual confiaur.-

tion throuahout the retainder of the dey. 

Another helicopter perlOlU\el pickup occurred today. 'l'hia tiM • 

s.Uqr :fra. Abnaki .. lifted off for '-.rpncy leave. Hi. IIOther ... 1 very 

ill in the !bill ipines • Becaun of our dist.nce fro. the ne.relt lead two 

liel :tcop't'ers came out. ':be Air Force to the rescue! 

SATIJIM'Y, 4 DICIMIEIt 1971 

White Sands took Trie.te in tow .,.in and coap1eted the battery 

charae. '1'he weather .ppe.r. to be getting steadily wor.e. Gust. up to 3S 

knots were reported this afternoon. No other recovery .ctivity .... cOllClucted. 

SUNDAY. 5 DECIMBBR. 1971 

COuc.ll returned to relieve Abnaki e.rly this morning but the .... ther 

prevented changing the tow baediate1y. At about 1000 thb mom in •• n .nnouncement over the .hips'. loud.pe.ker IUDnIM\ing the capt.in to the bridle alerted 

the crew that scaething unulual val happening. I wenl: .£1: to chefantail 

only to flnd that Trie.te wal up very close to the .tern gate .nd there was 

• lot of .ctivity amongst the crew. Wh.t had happened WILl in the very heavy 

s .. s White Sanda has apparently slowed or momentarily Itopped. Trieate' 8 

1IlOIDentUlll had carriecl her up .l..,.t into the stem of White Sands c.using the 

, ,tow line to sl.ck off wherein it got wound .round the port station keeper propeller. '!'he .tation keeper engine ,.a iamedl.tely aecured but the damage had 

been done. Trieste was being towed from the propeller and th.t power source 

was inoperative. A grapling hook was lowered over the stem gate aDd the tc..J" 

Une c.ught and raised to the deck. A Une was spliced to the tow Une anchor-

'lug 'it: to' the, deck of White SaDd. and the tow line ... a cut on either 

.tde of the at.tion keeper. Before the tow line could be apliced back tosether 

• hiah .... 11 caught Trieste in • surge p"ttina tension in the tow 1 ine, sufficient to part the tempor.ry tie down, aepar.ting Trieste from White Sands. 

Tri.ste .... .dri!t. Apache va. aUlll1lOfted to the re.cue .nd chaaed .fter Trieste, 

came alongside, and _naged to pick up the tow line. Apache f.stened .n exten-

.ion to the tow line, took up the tension and secured Trieste in tow. Fortunately there were no collislons and no real damag~ to any of the vessels concurred. 

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However, the port .tation 1caeper on Whlte Saod. 18 inoperative untll weather 

,emica diver. to go down to clear the tow liu frOia the propeller. For the 

r_inder of the day the weather continued to be about the .... with ... 118 

of 10· to 12 feet and wind. over 20 knot.. '1'he task eleMtlt is headi. for a 

spot ln the lee of the islands between Oahu ADd kuai _ere they hope weather 

will pamit dockiaa of Trie.te aod repair of the .tation keeper. 

II>NDA.Y, 6 DECEMBEll 1971 

._, l'he talk d_nt 1 •• till heacliDa for the 1 .. 1 aDd. at a .,.eeI of 

around 2 knota. l'he wind. aDd aea. .... to abate .~t in the early morning but build in the afternoon well above the level required to dock Trieste. 

Ro other recovery activity today. 

Towing of Whlte Sand. wa. tran.ferred frOlll Abaaki to Couca11 at 

about 0700 tbb IIOrniq. Abaaki 11 beina relieved to return to port. At 

about 093~ a.kad me if I wanted to return on Abnaki to Pearl Harbor. 

We reviewed the plana a.ses.ina the probability of achieving another dive in 

th~ near future and concluded that the probability of not making another dive 

before Chrlatmaa waa about 904. Also, it would be over a week, probably two I 

before White sand. were back on staUou tn the recoVery &t'ea. I therefore 

decided to head for hOlae. _ will stay with White Sancis uatil firm plan. 

are e.tablbhed. He wi-I =-return hoa. and 1£ nece ... ry, a replacement 

wi11 be sent out to .upervise the next recovery attempt (if any). 

At 11: 30 I was loaded into the "'haler and taken over to Abaaki. 

Abnaki remained with the task element While Coucall demonstrated that she 

could handle the tow. At about 18:"0 Abnaki wa. rele ••• d ,,00 h4Wd':hl ruc 

Pearl Harbor. ETA is 1600 wednesday. I plan to catch the first available 

flight out. 

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