She's so far out of trim there nearly isn't any freeboard.
The damage must be unreal.
Kudos for getting her home, for sure. They sure had their hands full.
The damage must be unreal.
Yes. The collision was to the bow and the outer hull is heavily damaged. My son said they had to run it with the nose slightly down. You'll have to excuse my ignorance about the parts of a boat; I was Army and a draftee at that.
My son said everybody worked very hard getting her back to port. He worked 33 hours before grabbing a few winks and then somebody dropped something on the deck above his rack and he jumped out of his rack before he realized that they were running on the surface and very slow.
Thank God the crew survived to be able to tell this story.
God bless the soul of the sailor who died and may his family find peace of mind.
Gotta run; ranch work to do; will be back in a few hours.