Word: rosa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...DUDLEY Santa Rosa, Calif...
Varnish Off. Near Santa Rosa, Calif., a sign by the Redwood Highway says: WE BUY JUNK-SELL ANTIQUES...
General Alarm. On Santa Rosa, passengers and crew felt the shock, heard the sound of the general alarm, rushed to dress. Gathering their life jackets, they streamed toward emergency boat stations. Some, like the shirtless man who stopped to put on a necktie, were momentarily panicky, but they were soon calmed by assurances from Captain Frank S. Siwik, 50, that there was no great danger. Siwik, master of Santa Rosa since her maiden trip last year, directed emergency work from the bridge, ordered fire fighters into the paint locker, radioed the Coast Guard for aid (a Coast Guard helicopter dropped...
...hours later, as a seagoing tug moved in to tow the crippled tanker to port, Santa Rosa, with Valchem's toppled stack perched on her prow, steamed for New York. Before she docked at 8:15 p.m., dozens of grateful passengers had signed a testimonial praising Santa Rosa's crew...
Even as Santa Rosa tied up, Coast Guard and U.S. Senate investigation committees started inquiries into the cause of the collision. The main mystery: both ships were equipped with radar, each was aware of the other's presence-so what had happened? Grace Line officials charged that Valchem had suddenly turned into Santa Rosa's path. Valchem's skipper, Louis L. Murphy, 33, claimed that after his radar man spotted Santa Rosa from eight miles and "dead ahead," he changed course to pass port to port according to the Rules of the Road. Santa Rosa then apparently...