Evening star., 1913-02-09
Revenue Cutter Service

There were but few calls in the past
week upon the ships of the revenue cut
ter service to aid vessels in distress and
the work of the vessels has been mainly
confined to cruising over their stations on
the lookout for marine mishaps in which
their assistance would be needed.
The cutter Androscogg1n, which re-
turned to her station on the Maine coast
in the early part of the week, after
spending ten days or longer in search OF
derelicts. was called upon to assist the
schooner Henry d. May of Philadelphia,
in distress off Sakonnet point r. /. The
anchor of the schooner had become
caught in a ledge of rock at the bottom
of the sea in such manner that it could
not be broken loose with the schOonerS S
windlass Capt. Billiard Of the AndrOs
coggin sent a tow line to the vessel and
a hard pull soon freed the anchor. The
vessel then resumed her voyage unas-
sisted.
In endeavoring to sail through the
draw of the railroad bridge connecting
Morehead City and Beaufort n. c., the
bay schooner Dexter became hung in the
opening in such "a manner as to prevent
the closing of the draw. The accident
was caused by cross tides and occurred
at time when trains We're due to cross
the trestle. bound to and from Norfolk.
The cutter Seminole was at Beaufort
and. on request, launch under the
city sent to the aid of the vessel.
1t required but few minutes work to
pull the schooner out of the draw.
The cutter Seminole spent the greater
part of the week with the cutter OnOn-
daga, from the Norfolk station. in
search of the derelict schooner S. Z.
Blackburn, which with two men aboard
was supposed to be drifting on the At
lantic- about 200 miles off the North caro-
n q
found and the cutters have returned to
port for stores and coal. In the opinion
of Capt. De Otte, commanding the Onon-
daga, expressed in report to the de-
partment, the Blackburn sank in heavy
gale early In the week.
The cutter Mohawk is standing by the
steamer Nicholas Cuneo, stranded near
the wreckers engaged in floating the
steamship. 1t is thought the vessel will
be worked into deep water within the
next twenty-fOur hours.
Having picked up the schooner Sun
light in distress off the Maine coast, the
cutter Woodbury. towed her into Rock
land, Me. for harbOr and repairs. The
Woodbury. was then placed out Of serv-
ice until next Tuesday to clean boiler, re-
pair Windlass and do other necessary
work to keep her in trim for effective
service.
The cutter Oncndaga has been ordered
to start on a hunt for the Norwegian
bark Remitten, abandoned, which was
picked up by the British steamship Rou-
manian and tOwed to within hundred
miles of Cape Henry when heavy gale
forced her to let the vessel go. The
Remittent is the vessel that had plenty
of stores aboard and was not, badly
damaged, and why her crew left her is
said to be a mystery. If the Onondaga is
successful in finding the vessel she will
tow her into Hampton roads.
During one of the recent heavy blows
on the New England coast the cutter
Mohawk lost one of her boats. heavy
sea boarding the vessel and taking it
away. This is an accident that seldom
occurs to vessel of the service.
The new cutter Unalga is now on her
way from Manila to Port Townshend, her
destinat. .on on the Pacific coast, and it
is expected she will reach that port
somewhere about February -. The Unal-
ga made the trip from the Chesapeake.
where she was built, to the Pacific coast
by way of the Suez canal and ION the
voyage was called upon to protect Ameri-
can interests in Turkish waters until the
arrival of American WarShips. IN the
spring she Will go to Alaska, where she
Will be stationed.
FIRST Lieut.. OIL Engineers 1n3rIeS +.
Nash Of the cutter Morrell. which is be-
ing rebuilt at the Arundel Cove depot,
was Il visitor to the department the past
week. Lieut.. Nash, who was a resident
of Alexandria when he entered the serv-
ce, is now senior in his grade and vii!
be promoted to captain of engineers
April - next.
Orders to officers in the service have
been issued from the division of the serv-
Treasury lDeDarrmept fOl1nVN y
Cadet Engineer c. r. O'Connor, detach !
ed Apache to Miami; Capt. OF Engineers
d. McC. French, assigned to duty as
fleet engineer, southern division Pacific |
coast. March /. Capt of Eng Ineers q ". |
detached from duty as fleet ell
gineer. southern division, Pacific coast. |
March /.
Miss Felde Farrell Lee OF Lynchbnrg, |
Va. and Richard Frederick Wagner. a |