[CW] PRINSENDAM Was: Coast Guard Radsta Westport, Washington...NMW

Tue Jul 14 03:07:28 EDT 2020

Yes. Very scary. Disappeared without a trace,

73

DR

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 02:02 John Barnwell via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I’m going to read through much of this material and reacquaint myself with
> this. For me, it is fascinating when all the rapid coordination works as it
> did this day.
>
> Say, do you remember the SS Poet? I took an amver from her via NMR not
> long before she vanished. She was a regular customer of course.
>
> JB
>
> On Jul 13, 2020, at 10:28 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Too many to count!  According to FCC Washington, DC over 350 ship radio
> logbooks were received.
>
> OCEAN STATION PAPA which was a Canadian Coast Guard Cutter on station,
> hauled anchor to proceed to the scene.
>
> SOHIO INTREPID, WILLIAMSBURGH, were on scene, GREATLAND, EXXON NEW ORLEANS
> and many foreign ships responded to PRINSENDAM's SOS and my three DDDSOSDDD
> (MAYDAY RELAY) after I took over control of the SOS communications for the
> next 17 hours.
>
> Radio stations, in obedience to radio regulations stopped all
> transmissions on 500 kHz (except Seattle Radio/KLB who had an urgent
> message for my ship (WILLIAMSBURGH/WGOA) and sent it directly on 500 kHz,
> which is the only time I've ever received paid traffic on 500 kHz.
>
> My original hand written log book during the SOS:
>
> https://archive.org/download/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980/williamsburgh_prinsendam_log_text.pdf
>
> Here's my ship's Deck log book:
>
> https://archive.org/download/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980/1980-01-04_williamsburgh_deck_logbook_text.pdf
>
> Pacific Search And Rescue Coordinator Log:
>
> https://archive.org/download/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980/1980-10-04_PACSARCOORD_CHRONO_NARRITIVE_LOG_text.pdf
>
> USCG Commandant's Bulletin of Nov. 24, 1980:
> https://archive.org/download/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980/19801124_uscg_commandants_bulletin_text.pdf
>
> SOS Radio Logbook of EXXON NEW ORLEANS/WNDM (Radio Officer Richard Singer,
> K6KSG)
>
> https://archive.org/download/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980/WNDM_SOS_LOG_text.pdf
>
> I cannot the number of ships they responded!
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 00:55 John Barnwell <radioniner at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Besides NOJ, what was the response you received on 500 from other
>> merchants….any vessels in your vicinity and did anyone divert to assist?
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Jul 13, 2020, at 9:49 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>> The Prinsendam was one of, if not the greatest success stories in modern
>>>> maritime history. If I recall correctly, no casualties….everyone survived.
>>>> Lots of elderly folks onboard, and lifeboats lowered into a pretty
>>>> significant sea state…..15 to 20ft seas?
>>>
>>>
>> No casualties, everyone rescued from lifeboats, 90% over 70 years of age.
>> Crew was much younger. Sea state was mild at first, increasing to 15-20 ft.
>> seas by evening, thank God USCGC BOUTWELL, USCG MELLON and USCG WOODRUSH
>> were able to arrive as early as they did and that Canadian Armed Forces
>> were able to supply a extra long range helicopter, U.S. Air Force was able
>> to supply two Rescue Swimmers (a rating USCG initiated because they saw the
>> need because of this rescue,) and a flight surgeon from Elmendorf Air Force
>> Base, Anchorage, AK, a USCG Radioman who was assigned to USCG Search and
>> Rescue, (SAR Anchorage,) who had both the skills and presence of mind to
>> tune in 500 kHz directly on the SAR's receiver, copying directly what was
>> to come delayed by USCG secure teleprinter circuits from OJ COMMSTA Kodiak,
>> AK (NOJ.)
>>
>> More info recordings, distress logs, news and Air Force videos:
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980
>> https://archive.org/details/MsPrinsendamSosDistressOct.41980_292
>> https://archive.org/details/prinsendam_gilmore
>>
>> Explore the files sections, many PDF files there.
>>
>> Also - something I've never known about until moments ago is this Rewind
>> Podcast about 1980 in which the USCG Radioman who copied the SOS at USCG
>> COMMSTA KODIAK/NOJ, Maggie Wall of Kodiak's Leghead tells us a story about
>> an exciting US Coast Guard rescue of the Princedam. The story starts at 1h
>> 01m from the beginning.
>>
>> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-10-1980/id1132349406?i=1000378550097
>>
>> And a World Radio Article by Randall Noon, KCØCCR who worked me on CW and
>> found out about the SOS and decided to write an article about it:
>> http://qsl.net/n1ea/WorldRadio_N1EA_Prinsendam_SOS.pdf
>>
>> 73
>>
>> DR
>>
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