That was a good ship! The keel was 7 layers thick riveted American steel hull plates from Bethlehem, NY. and the engineroom had 14" steel I beams running vertical thru the space. She won awards for towing wounded battleships out of range of shore artillery in North Africa. 3"-50 on the front and two gun tubs on the back with twin Ma-Deuces. Classic Naval salvage ship but stripped of most of its usefull gear and turned into a Coast Guard cutter.
They decommed her and she became a target down in Rosie Roads naval gun range. She soaked up friendly fire up into this century then was sunk with 2 torpedoes.
One tough ship!
Delta-21 in the lower left corner with his hand on throttle!
