American Cargo Ship ‘El Faro’ Missing with 33 Crew in Hurricane Joaquin

gCaptain ^ | October 2, 2015 | Mike Schuler

[artichokegrower]

Prayers for the crew and their families

Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours? - Gordon Lightfoot

[1rudeboy]

And that's the thing . . . most of us are here on land. Yeah, we get floods, and tornadoes, and such . . . but we don't live or make our living on something that moves beneath us.

[Bryanw92]

>>And that’s the thing . . . most of us are here on land. Yeah, we get floods, and tornadoes, and such . . . but we don’t live or make our living on something that moves beneath us.

We had to surface our submarine once in 30 ft seas to rescue the crew of a sinking freighter in the north Atlantic. That’s an experience I don’t want to repeat.

[SaveFerris]

What sub? (if you’re allowed to tell).

If not, no biggie.

[Bryanw92]

USS Scamp (SSN-588) February, 1988.

[packrat35]

Was this the time?

During a storm in the North Atlantic on 25 February 1987, while attempting to rescue members of the crew of the sinking Philippine freighter, MV Balsa 24, Scamp suffered flooding and damage to her sail which led to her early retirement. The ship saved the life of one crew member, Mr. Almer Rances.

[Bryanw92]

That’s the one. I typed 1988 by mistake.

[packrat35]

Bad enough damage to cause its decommissioning. Sounds intense.

[SaveFerris]

Wow, cool. I’d sure hate to see 30-ft seas around me.

[wardaddy]

That’s a big ass ship

Prolly 30-50,000 dwt?

They do sink

[Bryanw92]

>>Bad enough damage to cause its decommissioning. Sounds intense.

We were already scheduled for decommissioning in 1988. The damage just cut into our remaining opportunities for getting out to sea.

It was a rough two days.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for their safety.

[Bryanw92]

>>Wow, cool. I’d sure hate to see 30-ft seas around me.

Especially when you have a round bottom, only one screw, a blunt bow, and giant sail on top. Then, we lost the ability to dive due to damage and had to fix it before we could get back under the storm.

[mongo141]

“Wow, cool. I’d sure hate to see 30-ft seas around me.”
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No you don't, I have been there and done the on a Fletcher class DD and have NO desire to repeat the experience.

[wardaddy]

And U.S. flagged

Do posters realize how rare that is these days

Had to have US or BritLloyds or Norske Veritas or German Lloyds classification too

You can’t run banana classification with US flag except under wartime waiver

A well managed and kept motor vessel

Amazing lost at sea from a storm without a collision or running aground

It’s very rare

[wardaddy]

My favorite grouper

[mongo141]

the = that

[wardaddy]

Try it in a 40 foot ketch.....

[Celtic Conservative]

No propulsion and a 15 degree list?

From my hobby of following great lakes freighters I know that is really bad. No propulsion likely means no generators ergo, no pumps.

CC

[wardaddy]

U cannot do commerce between US ports without US flag baring expediency waiver

Which explains this vessel trading Jax to San Juan