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SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT AND MUSEUM NEWS warers near rhe Aleutian Islands. In 2002, a man who had heard about rhe search sent them a report wrirten in rhe 1960s by a Japanese milirary officer, Seilchi Aiura, who served in rhe Aleurian Islands. In rhe reporr, he recorded rhar rhe sub launched several torpedoes at his ship, rhar he returned fire and believed rhe sub had been hir. Also included in the Japanese reporr was a diagram showing the respecrive parhs of rhe Japanese ship, rhe sub, and rhe shors fired berween rhem. Wirh that informario n, rhe Abeles hired a marine survey
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North to California: The Spanish Voyages of Discovery 1533-1603. History book by Paul A. Myers. Corres and Ulloa explore Baja, exciting new info on Cabrillo, Alarcon, Vizcaino, Manilla galleons. $22.95 from inrerner booksellers or Llumina Press, Ph. 866-229-9244. ATOMIC 4 parts, carburetors, Oberdorfer pumps, Fearherman Enterprises, www. fea rh e rm an en re rp rises. com, Ph. 717-432-9203 To place your classified ad at $1.60 per word, mail your complete message along with payment, to Sea History, Advertising Desk, PO Box 68, Peekskill NY 10566.
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firm, Searrle-based Wi lliamso n and Associares, to mo unr an expedition in August to Kiska. The sonar picked up a 290-foorlong objecr wedged into a rerrace on rh e slope of an undersea volcano. The Abeles are hopeful enough to be planning a second survey nexr summer, bur unril furrher investigations can verify the target, they are ~-----~ mindful of jumping to conclusions. USS Grunion (SS-216) was a Gato-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, and she was launched in December 1941. On duty off Kiska Island in the summer of 1942, Lr. Cmdr. Mannert L. Abele was ordered to bring the sub back to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, after reporting intense anti-submarine activity in the area. USS Grunion was never heard from nor seen again. (www. ussgrunio n.com) . . .
The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) recently celebrated the launching of the first NYYC 42, the ninth one-design class created by the dub since 1900. The boat is designed by Frers and built by Nautor's
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Swan. The concept behind the des ign was for a Corinth ian one-design m ul tipurpose yacht that can be very competitive as a onedesign racer but also under IRC. The yacht is capable of racing and cruising locally as well as offsho re. NYYC Rear Commodore David K. Elwell Jr., who spearheaded the project, said the boat was designed to address growing concerns by Corinthian owners abo ut the dominarion of professionals in the sport. The NYYC 42, know n as the "Club Swan 42," is a state-of-the-art yachr, showing a high-aspect-rario rig and T-keel. The LOA is 42.6 feet, the LWL is 37feet, beam 12feer,sailarea l,1 75square feet, and displacement is less rhan 13,986 lbs., of which 48 percenr is ballasr. Next summer, rhe NYYC will host the first NYYC 42 Nationals, where 20 boats are expected ro compete. . . . Plans are underway for the construction of a n ew schooner to replace the 43-year-old Bluenose II, the Canadian historical and cultural icon. A new organizarion was formed to raise the $15 million to build the new ship. Included in the many upcoming fund drives will be National Dime Day, where schoolchildren are asked to support the • project by donaring a dime. The Province of Nova Scotia owns Bluenose fl bur the "intellectual properties," including construction rights for rhe plans and designs of rhe vessel belong to Joan Roue, rhe grear-granddaughrer of William Roue who designed rhe original Bluenose. If all goes according to plan, Bluenose III will be launched in 2010. Projecr information is avai lable at www.SchoonerBluenose.ca.
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