Evening star., 1912-11-24
MAYER & co.
Revenue Cutter Service

Reports received at the division OF the
revenue cutter service. Treasury Depart
| ment, from First Lieut.. w. A. Wiley
| commanding the revenue cutter Acushnet
stationed at Woods Hole. Mass. show
| that though the beginning OF winter
| cruising season is still week of the
Acushnet was kept rather busy assist
| ing vessels in trouble on Nantucke'
shoals Early in the week the cutter Wa:
called to the aid of the three-rnasteC
schooner Donna T. Briggs. Capt. Strout
which was found near Handkerchief
shoal leaking badly. The schooner. while
| bound from Clinton point to Quincy
Mass in a heavy northwest gale. de-
veloped q bad leak. The life-savers from
| Nauset station boarded the schooner ano
assisted the crew in keeping her afoal
| by bailing and pumping constantly. A
| request for assistance was sent the
Acushnet. which responded promptly and
! the vessel was towed into vineyard
Haven. The life savers kept their boats
| by the schooner to take off the crew II
| it was found that she could not be kept
| afloat until she got into port.
Later in the week Lieut.. Wiley was re-
quested to tow the gasoline power fish
ing schooner Viking from Woods Hole
to New Bedford, the master of the
schooner stating that the vessel had Z
broken rudder, and it was impossible for
her to make the trip under her own pow
er. No tugs being availab BILE the request
of the master was granted and the vessel
was docked at a shipyard a New Bed
ford, Mass. for repairs. The last mes
sage received from the Acushnet stated
that she had gone to the aid of the
American steamship Penobscot. reported
ashore on Stone Horse shoal. Pollok Rip
Slew, Mass, and will assist in floating
her.
The cutter Morrill,. which is on her
way from Detroit to the repair station
of the service at Arundel Cove, Md. is
| making quick trip of 1t, and is expect
ed to reach Arundel Cove early in this
week. The cutter, 1t is stated. has COM
pleted the worst part Of her trip through
the lakes and the St. Lawrence river, and
bay and in the latter part of last week
was at Halifax. Nova Scotia. She sailed
from Halifax Friday for Portland, Me-.
where she was due last night or this
morning. She will remain at Portland
but short time before she resumes her
| trip down the coast, and according to
! calculations. she should pass In the capes
day. The Morrill, is to receive a thorough
| overhauling of hull and machinery al
Arundel Cove and will remain there until
next spring. She will sail for Detroit in
! time to reach there about the time navi-
cation is resumed on the great lakes.
The cutters Tuscarora, at Milwaukee,
| Wis. and the Mackinac at Sault Ste
Marie. Mich. have been placed out OF
/ commission. navigation on the great lakes
| having been closed for the season. While
out of service the cutters will be over
| hauled and put in condition to resume
work when the spring season opens on the
| lakes. The launch Vigilant, one of the
| vessels of the service used in enforcing
| the regulations at Sault Ste. Marie, also
| has been laid up The little cutter Patrol
| which looks after shipping in the harbol
| at Chicago. will be placed out of com
| mission for the winter at the end of this
month, by which time practically al
| navigation in the vicinity of Chicago will
| be over until next spring.
Joint target practice by the crews of the
| cutters Onandaga, stationed at Norfolk
| and the Apache. on the Chesapeake sta
/ ton, is being held in lower Chesapeake
| bay. The men on the cutters will have
practice with the rapid fire guns consti
| tuting the battery Of the ships as well a.
| the small arms. On the completion OF
! the target practice the Icutters will re-
| turn to their stations.
| Instead Of coming to tits city from Bal
timore for her battery d1 new rapid fire
guns, the cutter Itasca, which is to take
| the place of the cutter Gresham on the
| Boston station, went fifst. to Newpor,
News and was docked ht the shipyart