AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10215-10014 RECORD _ SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 45-10801-4 3 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CRANE. MICHAEL E. TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 08/16/1968 PAGES: 59 SUBJECT: | GRANWOOD, EXPLOSION, PRELIM EXAMINATION DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: 01/06/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS  Redact ~ . RESTRICTIONS: Consultation COMMENTS: REFERRED TO USCG Docld: 32295235 Page 1
' Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 £02302 (Rev. 4-15-64) é 1 1 | F ho Lieutenant: ‘Commander WILLIAMS, is Acting Commander of the U. S. Coast Guard Base on McArthur i _ Causeway , Mi tonal title of Acting Captain of the port. A Po, : Commander WILLIAMS advised, that in connection | : with his current capacity as acting captain of the port he is charged | with discharging the U. S. Coast Guards , a a responsibility concerning the security of all port facilities in the Miami area including the facilities at Dodge Island. , Commander WILLIAMS advised that as a result of the fact that three foreign ships have experienced explo- sions after having been in the port facilities at Dodge Island, Miami, Florida, he has instituted a compléee tightening of all Coast Guard security in and about the Dodge Island facilities. Commander WILLIAMS advised that he has alerted all crews: to completely investigate information concerning any possible suspicious individuals or boats in or about the freighters that are utilizing the port facilities and he stated that in the: event a Cost Guard vessel is desired at the facilities or elsewhere, at any time in connection with any investigation by this office a telephone call should be placed to telephone number 538-4731 and the caller should ask to speak with the officer of the day. He stated this telephone is manned on a 24 hour basis. Commander WILLIAMS advised that he has been in . ; contact with the Intelligence Section of the U. S. Coast 4 Guard as well as other elements of the Coast Guard but that as a result of these contacts no information has come to his attention which would suggest any suspects in connection with the explosions that occurred on the "Asaka Maru", »"Mikagesan Marv °° and the"Granwood",. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USc 2107 Hotes. a . - : a \ . rs i, oo ee : aot d. 4 i , FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date 6/12/68 — - r | i i \ Beach, Florida and as such: has the addi- \ \ On 6/3/68 SAs JOHN R. Levi DY. nema crssinihemier nen ai__Miami, Florida 'ACKERLY and ; MICHAEL 'E. CRANE MEC/rg} ; 8/7/68 Florida File # Miami 45-1158 Date dictated sy? This document contains neither recommendations n nor conelasions 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. : . ce a a _J Vip Dasha » 10 a ys -npel-¥ Docld: 322952735 Page 2?
’ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 TSC 3107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 ~ A - on MM 45-1156 MEC: ggr = By communication dated May 21, 1968, the Mobile Office advised that Lt. Commander D. F, SMITH, U. S. Coast Guard, Mobile, Alabama, advised that the "Granwood" had arrived at Mobile, Alabama, and was placed in drydock on May 20, 1968. At that - time an examination of the vessel indicated that an explosion | had occurred outside the ship through a grate through which water was being pumped to cool the engimes. The force of the explosion raised the deck of the engine room approximately four inches, The U. S. Coast Guard report prepared at Mobile, Ala=- bama, indicates that an examination of the "Granwood" shows that — the hole in the hull of this vessel occurred between frames 31 and 32 from aft, just under the water tank top, and the plates of the hull were curled back into the ship by an explosive force. advised that the British freighter "Granwood" had departed from Mobile, Alabama, under tow for repairs which were to be undertaken at a British shipyard. | By communication dated Jume 19, 1968, the Mobile Office | | OL i 14 | | See wae ee: -—_ - ——— — -- - - _ a Docld: 322952735 Page 3