Talk:Kongō Maru (1934)

Some sort of personal account removed from the article.
USS George CIymer Lends Helping Hand in Emergencies Picking up a back issue of ALL HANDS, a Navy officer read the article about how Navy ships stand ready at all times to come to the aid of vessels or aircraft of any nation in times of distress (“Away Fire and Rescue Party!” in the May 1953 issue). One of the ships cited in the article was the troop transport USS George Clymer (APA 27) “which had been among the vessels rendering aid when a blaze broke out aboard the merchant freighter USS President Pierce off the coast of Japan some time ago. The article told how in this instance the firefighting party from Clymer fought the stubborn fire for six hours. The writer of the letter goes on to say that the shop’s Fire and Rescue Party had participated in two other major fire-fighting and rescue details during the ship’s operations in the Far East. Here’s his report: “The first instance occurred about July 1951. Clymer was anchored in the outer harbor at Pusan, Korea. About 1200 a rapidly increasing fire was sighted on the adjacent beach. “The fire party was called away and proceeded to the beach. One of the several buildings of a Korean war orphan’s home was burning and was at the point of spreading to the adjacent buildings of the orphanage. “The fire party proceeded to assist in removing the children from the burning building, fought the fire and wet down adjacent buildings to prevent the flames from spreading. “The second instance occurred in the autumn of 1951. Clymer was in the storm anchorage at Sasebo, Japan, riding out a typhoon. “About 0900, on this particular Sunday morning, the ship was ordered to get underway and attempt to rescue approximately 450 military personnel aboard an ’MSTS-leased Japanese ship, the Kongo Maru “This ship operated between Pusan and Sasebo and made a cargo and passenger run each night. But now she was aground on an island about 40 miles from Sasebo. “We arrived on the scene at the very height of a typhoon. “With the storm kicking up in this fashion we were unable to do anything so we picked our courses and speeds for our own safety and steamed in the vicinity until the late afternoon of the following day when the wind and seas abated somewhat. “Despite the hazard of putting the boats. over at this stage, we lowered two LCMs and put a rescue party aboard Kongo Maru. The survivors were transferred to Clymer while our damage control parties worked on the Japanese ship. They did an excellent piece of work, incidentally, particularly our LCM coxswains, both of whom later received commendations. “Here are a few photographs taken during the rescue which you might feel are newsworthy.”-LCDR Ernest C. Meyers, USN. e Thanks for your interesting footnote to our story on the part the Navy plays in lending a helping hand on the high seas.-ED.

Don't know what should be done about it, but it certainly doesn't belong in the article proper. Manxruler (talk) 15:47, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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