Details are sketchy.
I not only have details, I still have the Mae West life jacket worn by the co-pilot of the aircraft involed. Also, somewhere, I have a copy of the radio message from ComSubPac which congratulated the ship and crew for making the rescue. Is. that it was in distress. Chivo was sailing westbound after having departed Suva, Fiji. Chivo either picked up the discress call from the aircraft or was alerted by ComSubPac of the ditching.