Word: bowness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Soviet behavior at sea is becoming increasingly cocky. From the Mediterranean to the Sea of Japan, Soviet destroyers and trawlers boldly maneuver into the midst of formations of U.S. ships. Frequently, the intruders suddenly cut across the bow of an American ship to test the skill and technique of the helmsmen. The Russians also try to ruin maneuvers between the U.S. and its allies. In the Sea of Japan last year, Soviet warships scraped the U.S. destroyer Walker twice in an obvious attempt to break up a joint antisub exercise between U.S. and Japanese fleets. "Seafaring nations for centuries have...
...dead sailor is Fireman Duane Hodges of Creswell, Ore. It is still not known with certainty how the casualties were suffered, but it has been established that Communist gunboats fired repeatedly across Pueblo's bow as she took evasive action, while eight MIGs buzzed the vessel and 75 more lay in wait at Wonsan to jump any rescuers. During this time, the crew attempted to destroy equipment and papers that might be valuable to the enemy...
...more North Korean vessels came slashing in from the southwest. One was a 30-knot, Soviet-built subchaser, the others 40-knot PT boats. "Follow in my wake," signaled one of the small vessels. "I have a pilot aboard." The Korean boats took up positions on Pueblo's bow, beam and quarter. Two MIG jets screamed in and began circling off the American vessel's starboard bow...
...planes not infrequently buzz the Soviet trawlers that serve as spy ships, whooshing in at mast level and sometimes shearing off antennas. It was only when one of the Korean PT boats rigged fenders-rubber tubes and rope mats to cushion impact-and began backing toward Pueblo's bow that Bucher realized what was happening; in the bow of the PT boat stood an armed boarding party. "These guys are serious," the skipper radioed his home port, U.S. Navy headquarters in Yokosuka, Japan. "They mean business...
...latest leviathan, says IHI's president, Renzo Taguchi, 61, who happens to be a golf buff, "would take a good drive and four iron from bow to stern." The ship is 1,150 ft. long with an overall height of 105 ft., and will be powered by an 18,700-h.p. engine, with a second one standing by for emergencies...