‘{ TREASURY DEPARTHENY” re , U. S. COAST GUARD a ver FOULS. REPORT OF VESSEL CASUALTY OR. ACCIDENT CG-2692 (Rev.. 4-61) . : 3. whis form should be completed’ in full; blocks which do not , 1. An original and two copies of this form shall be submitted, ; ; without delay, to the Oificer in Charge, Marine Inspection, in ( . . - whose district the casualty occurred, or in whose district the : , vessel] first arrived after such casualty. If the person making the report is a licensed officer on a ves- sel required to be manned by such officer, he must make. the .eport in writing and in person to the proper Marine Inspector. If because of distance it may be inconvenient for such an offi- cer to submit the report in person, he may submit the required number of copies by mail. However, to avoid delay in investi- gations, it is desired that reports be submitted in person. premen — a Officer i in Charge, Marine Inspection, Port of 7 4 PARTICULARS OF VESSEL. 2. OFFICIAL NUMBER . BOQ525 _ 1. NAME OF VESSEL RAD TON b fome ee es eae ee 10. YEAR BUILT TOL > me paral plonecifie, : . 16. (a) NAME OF OWNER(S) ,OPERATOR(S) OR AGENT (Indicate which) 17.(a) DATE OF CASUALTY (6) TIME OF CASUALTY(Local or . . zone) a8 T3T * Pier No.3 iATT, (1) International. 21. (a) 01D CASUALTY OCCUR WHILE UNDERWAY: (b) \F YES. LAST. PORT OF OEPARTURE + Cl yes ~~ no. 22. (a) WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN CASUALTY OCCURRED: ‘(J aear [7] partiy crouvy. [[] overcast [1] Fos (b) VISIBILITY (Milos, yds; ft.,etc.) (c¢) WIND OLRECTION . 3,8. 2 Licht airs, 23.(e) SEA CONDITIONS WHEN] (2) SEA WATER TEMP (c) HEIGHT OF SEA CASUALTY OCCURRED (If available) : 24.(a)NATURE OF CARGO (Specify) (b) AMOUNT OF ORY CARGO . (Long tona) No cargo onboard 25. (a) ORAFT FORWARD , | 26. (ay TvEES OF LIFESAVING Soul PuENT SSEo7 PREVICUS” EDITIONS. ARE. ‘OBSOLETE ee \ Dovid; ‘32557728 . Page 17 IF ANY “os see eT ARTICULARS OF CASUALTY 18. LOCATION OF CASUALTY (Latitude and longitude; Giatence end TRUE bearing from charted object; 19. BODY OF WATER (Geographical name) |20. RULES OF THE ROAD APPLICABLE OC) INLAND ([] Rain : “Form ‘Approved Budget Bureau ~ : No. £8-R114.5 REPORTS CONTROL SYMBOL eh VI-4017 apply to a particular case should be indicated as ‘‘NA’?. Where answers are unknown or none, they should be indi- cated. as such. All copies should be signed. : NOTE; (1) Report all deaths and injuries, which incapacitate ; in excess of 72 hours, on CG-924E whether or not there was a vessel casualty. (2) Attach separate Form CG-924E to this report for each person killed or injured and incapacitated in excess of 72 hours as a result of the vessel * casualty reported herein. m | DATE SUBMITTED _12-0-68 3. HOME PORT 4. NATIONALITY metre 8. REGISTEREO LENGTH OR L.O.A. Tras omy TSAT 40 rhe T . SoS Ihe . RADIO EQUIPMENT TRANSMIT RECEIVE (ESwoice ("] ew (Key (oD) 1F YES, RADAR OPERATING AT TIME OF CASUALTY C] yes Ge NO (b) DATE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION ISSUED hr (5) OATE OF BIRTH LOE (c) LICENSED BY COAST GUARD MBaTTetO C] ves. fe] No (b) PILOT SERVING UNOER AUTHORITY OF LICENSE 1SSUED BY () usce (L] state {_] Foreien (b) ADDRESS OF OWNER(S » OPERATOR s EECH2 ~ OR AGENT ATA BUITD INGs, ou! UAYSIDE, aan Le at) VELL TAT 7 VTIVIT At eeeaneare: (dq) TiME OF DAY Cx] cay (]ntcur [7] ricicnt dock; enchorage; etc.) (c) ZONE DESCRIPTION | (L] GREAT Lakes (] western rivers OC OTHER (Specity) ; soos . (e)IF YES. WHERE BOUND WHEN CASUALTY OCCURRED -() snow ([] oTner (Specity) () FORCE IN KNOTS 1/2 (Q) OIRECTION OF SEA (OQ Al R TEMA TURE e5°n (e) HEIGHT OF SWELL |(f) DIRECTION OF SWELL { (dq) AMOUNT QF DECK LOAD (Long tona) (c) AMOUNT OF BUIK LIQUID (Long tona) . (b) DRAFT AFT T4106" (B)NO.LIVES SAVED WITH LIFE- ji(c)LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT SATIS- SAVING EQUIPMENT FACTORY ; . : Cl ves (_] no cze no, explain in item 34)
~—N \ Decl 27. ~ . | -CRES? PASSENGERS OTHER(Spectfy) |.28 ESTIMATED LY¥SS/OAMAGE To YOUR VESSEL $ . | ESTIMATED LOSS’DAMAGE TO YOUR CARGO $. ESTIMATED LOSS“DAMAGE YO OTHER PROPERTY (Specify whethor vessel, dock, bridge, etc.) COLLISION WITH AIDS TO NAVIGATION COLLISION (Other) S| EXPLOSION/FIRE (Involving cargo) ' a MATERIAL FAILURE (Engineering machinery, including main Propulsion, auxillaries, boilers, evaporators,; deck machinery, electrical, etc.) . EXPLOSLON/FIRE (Involving vessel’s fuel) FIRE (Vessel’s structure or equipment) EXPLOSION (Boller and associated parts) . . . 30. DESCRIPTION OF CASUALTY (Events and circumstances leading to casualty and present when it occurred... . Attach dlagram and t additional sheets, if necessary) Bomo explosion in way of lower main seavater injection 31. DAMAGE (Give brief general description end state it vessel is a total loss.) ; ‘ Forcard grid on Lower Main Seawater Tn ajec ion Seabox blow off and floor plat Le turned into vessel's nll, After grid disavneared hull in that vicinity 55" x 32", with hull plating tered into vesse buckled with fractures into starboard side of hol Ce A fracture appz: to the centre of the hole and about 12” aft of the hole. a ” Engine Rocm completely under wa ater and 2 no detailed danage of Engine Roo nachinery etce rossible.s IH] ASSISTANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS , bd Cy) ves , : 33 (a) ASS!STANCE RENOERED 8Y STATIONS AND VESSELS (Includes Coast Guard and other stations and vessels) Co2zst Guard gave telerhone nuxber fron where essistence conld be optained. 32. AUTO ALARM TRANSMITTED BY YOUR VESSEL: (b) OTHER ASSISTANCE RENDEREO London Salvage Co. 34. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTIVE SAFETY MEASURES PERT equipment) iINENT TO THIS CASUALTY (Include explanation of unaatisfactory Ifesaving © . _— a te 4 So GPO 952-157 557728 | Page 18 SBF
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date August 14, 1968. - SOSEPH ‘uoopy, U, S. Coast Guard, Miami Beach, Florida, who is a diver attached to this Coast Guard Station, ‘Was. interviewed . concerning. the | Size.and nature of the-hole: | in the bottom of the "Caribbean Venture." MOODY has seven seeeriedta tae ee ence and during the course of this rience. has conducted a variet; of nderwater for. the Ue S. Coast Guard, 4 missions - . After. examining the underside of the “Caribbean Venture, ‘MOODY stated that although the visibility was: very poor due to the murky water and location of the ship, he ae would estimate that the hole blown in the bottom was approxi= ~ mately three feet wide and five ‘feet long. He stated this — hole was. located amidships slightly to the starboard side, @ad appears to have occurfed in the area where two strainers’ er grills are located over the main water injection intake. (After reviewing a sketch of the ship shown to him by the =~ ‘Engineer, MOODY stated this would appear to be in the area ot of ribs 55, 56, and 57}. ‘MOODY stated that the strainers, ae 2G or grills that are attached to the intakes are attached to _ an the bottom of the ship with numerous bolts and that to take © off one of these grills or strainers is a three or four. hour job. He stated that during the course of his Coast oO Guard duties, he has, on occasion, removed such a strainer — ee and that is on what he bases his opinion. Be vd oa MOODY advised that after observing the hole, he — Oy would say that the explosion was caused by an explosive . re which was attached to one of the strainers or grills, inas— much as all metal in that area was blown inward. He stated he could not locate either one of the grills which should _ be. cevering the intake, and that he presumes they were - _ either blown into the ship, a@ blewn into pieces and fell a , to the bottom of the harbor. | MOODY stated that in his opinion, the explosive was attached to the grill, ‘probably either by wire of some type « of. toggling. device by a swimmer who used air tanks. MOODY advised that the hole in the bottom of the large enough for both He a nd the diver fr ron | On 878/68. at _ Miami, Florida _File ¢ Miami 45-1168 ss SAs JOSEPH C. FRECHETTE and 7 by MICHAEL Pp, DOOHER SCF: ed_ -Date dictated 8/13, ff 68. This document contains neither recommendations nor canclusions pf the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and i is loaned to - your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency, 47 Doclda: 32557725 Page 19
MM 45-1168 2 the Dade County Public Safety Department to enter and observe the interior. He stated, however, that due to the poor visibility, approximately one foot, he was unable to ascertain if any parts of the hull, the strainer, or explosive devices were located inside. MOODY stated that judging from his own past experience, he would say that the explosive was attached ji to the strainer or grill by an experienced skin diver. He stated this diver would, of necessity, have had to use underwater swimming tanks inasmuch as he knows of no one.who could have accomplished such a feat without the aid of tanks. He stated that he believes that in this Ship, or any other ship, the injection intakes can be located by an experienced diver by merely locating the smokestack on the ship and proceeding across the hull dead center from the stack. The intake could then be located by swimming either 13 or 20 feet fore or aft from that section, MOODY stated, however, that in order to iocate anything on the underside of the ship, it takes a very experienced diver either using the seams of the ship, or a compass in order to keep from wetting disoriented due toe the darkness. MOODY stated that he believes that this hold was made by # "shape charge", 48 Docld: 32557725 Page 270
FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64) ees we, yO FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . oe oe _ August 27, 1968 ‘ . Date - — Lt. JOSEPH J. SMITH, Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection Division, U. S. Coast Guard, 501 N. HE. ist Avenue, Room 301, Miami, Florida, advised that a Report . on Vessel asta? by or Accident (U.S. Treasury Department form No. ce. "2592), was completed on August 12, 1968, by - Captain C. J. ANDERSON, Master of the British Freighter “Caribbean Venture" with regard to. the damage which that | vessel sufféred on August 8, 1968. -Lt. SHITH made available a copy of this form which is attached. a ~ Miami 45-1168 on 8/21/68; Miami, Florida __Fite + by ___SA MICHAEL E. CRANE:ed _Date dictated ___8/27/68_ | This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions’ of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Doclda: 32557725 Page 271