Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-06
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Saving enty-five-year-Old vessel,
the master of which was seventy years
old. from the rocks of the Maine coast
| was the task the cutter Andriscoggin
was called upon to perform in the past
! week. While lying at Portland Capt. G.
| M. Daniels master of the Androscoggin
| received word that the schooner was
| ashore on Sturdivents Ledge. about seven
| miles away, and that If prompt succor
was not given she would be total loss.
There not being water enough at the
! point where the schooner had grounded
| for the cutter to go there, a launch from
the ship with necessary hawsers and
other equipment was dispatched to the
aid of the vessel which was found to
| be, the old American schooner Revenue.
belonging to Capt. r. "a. Sinclair, who,
| with his brother, sixty-five years old.
constituted the crew Of the ship. All
I they possessed in the world was in the
old vessel and they were broken hearted
| at the prospect of losing her. Their dis
tress appealed to the cutters neE and
to the owners of several other power
boats that had assembled about the YES
sci and. uniting forces. they succeeded
IN getting the old schooner af1oat prac-
ticaly unframed. The Revenue is
! small two-masted craft used in the Maine
coast trade. According to the govern
ment records she was built at Essex,
Mass, in 1897. and has been in active
service since that time.
The cutter Woodbury., the other, vessel
employed in the Maine coast patrol, in
the past week went to the aid of the
schooner Sarah and Lucy, ashore in West
Quoddy bay, Me She was found lying
in place that meant destruction to her
II not promptly. floated, and the men
from the cutter worked hard at the
rescue. The vessel finally was worked
into deep water and was taken into port
for repairs.
First Lieut.. Randolph Ridgely. jr.. COM
manding the Woodbury., in his officia
report of the floating of the two-masted
schooner Oliver Aimes from the shoals
in Lubec narrows, Me-, tells of the
difficulty in getting the vessel af1oat and
of her being taken into Eastport. The
Aimes was but little damaged, and has
been repaired and returned to service.
The cutter Acushnet in the week just
past was called to the aid of the schooner
Willie and Guy Of Belfast. Me-. which
was in distress. off the coast of Massa-
chusetts. The vessel was towed into
Provincetown, Mass, where she cans re-
pair and fit out to resume her voyage.
The derelict. destroyer Seneca has been
employed in destroying a submerged
wreck found about half way between
Montauk Point, Long Island and Block
H.
been that of a loaded coal barge, though
nothing positive about her identity was
ascertained. Gun cotton mines were used
in the destruction OF the vessel Two
masts that were standing and showing
above the water were blown out of the
hulk and the hulk shattered. Capt. john
ston reports to the department that when
the Seneca finished her work ninety feet
of water was found over what remained
of the vessel.
The old cutter Rush. which has done
duty for many years In the revenue cut
Alaskan waters. has finally been placed
out Of commission, and will no longer fly
the flag of the service. This final act
in the career Of the Rush as revenue |
TENDER 30. The old vessel is to be sold. |
and bids for her purchase will be asked |
shortly. She Is to be succeeded on the |
Pacific coast by the new cutter Cnalga. I
now on her way to the Pacific from Nor
folk.
The Unalga Is making the trip to the
Pacific in leisvrely manner and is MAX |
ing but but about It. eleven miles an hour 1t
her first stop. about Wednesday,. From |
there she will proceed by way Of the !
Suez canal to Port Townsend, Wash. |
whes'e she is expected to arrive early in |
the new year.
The cutter Bear was at Nome, Alaska
September %, preparing to round up the |
vessels still in Alaskan waters before the |
freezing weather sets In. According to |
reports there are about half a dozen
vessels in Alaskan waters that are to go |
south before the coming winter, and the |
Bear is to stay in Alaska until the last |
commercial ship IL out of the Ice and |
started for Seattle and other ports on the |
Pacific. When all the commercial vessels |
are on their way south, the Bear will fol-
low them to- Port Townsend.
The cutter Mohawk, which has been do
ing duty at the Norfolk station In place
of the cutter Onondaga, which was out Of !
service for repairs, and which was in
port here about ten days ago, has sailed |
from Norfolk. The work on the Onon-
daga; which is in progress at the Nor ,
folk navy yard, and which is designed to |
make her more efficient during the COM |
ing winter cruising service, will be COM
pleted this week and the cutter will then |
resume duty on the Norfolk station,
cruising between Cape Hatteras and Cape |
Henlopen.
The fitting out of the cutter Miami, the
new vessel designed for service on the |
Florida coast in place Of the old cutter |
Forward, which has been retired from
service. has 20 far advanced that this |
week she In 20 como to the navy yard |
here to be supplied with her battery OF ]