[CW] 35 years ago in history today = PRINSENDAM SOS

[Sudipta Ghose]

Great part of history.
Keep your brass in shipshape. Pound them regularly.
73 de VU3TKG

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 2:08 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> Thinking of 35 years ago today, I was leaving Valdez, Alaska, headed "PRO
> CAPE HORN" - for a long trip in VLCC "WILLIAMSBURGH/WGOA" when the ship's
> Auto Alarm rang. Seems this ship was on fire with 535 passengers and crew
> and wanted someone to help them. James N. Pfister, NS1L was Chief R/O - U.S.
> Merchant Marine Radio Electronics Officer, I was an Observing Radio Officer
> - I was fully qualified but needed six months on a cargo ship to sail alone.
> What a day - I sent out three DDD SOS DDD calls when MS Prinsendam (1973)
> Chief R/O Jack van der Zee asked me to take over communications for him as
> he had lost all mains power and was on battery power. With the help of US
> and Foreign Merchant Marines, Canadian Armed Forces, US Air Force, RCA,
> ITT/Mackay, Alascom and US Coast Guard, International Co-Operation produced
> a miracle on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi who loved nature:
> "Brother Son, Sister Moon".
>
> Audio Recording of XXX and SOS, also my radio log in pdf format, some
> pictures: https://archive.org/details/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980
> Videos:  https://archive.org/details/MsPrinsendamSosDistressOct.41980_292
>
> 73 BV all,
>
> de N1EA +
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