Talk:USCGC Redbud

Deleted rescue account
The following was uncited and no references were found in quick web search or material on the ship. Particular information is doubtful.

"In August 1969 she rescued eight Swiss explorers from their small ice-battered boat which was beset in the ice pack as they attempted to enter the harbor of the Eskimo village of Kulusuk, Greenland. This rescue of the members of the 1969 East Greenland Expedition of the Academic Alpine Club from Berne, Switzerland, was executed by the Redbud in a 50 kn wind in heavy ice under the command of CAPT Leyman W. Couch, USN. The Swiss party had left Kulusuk on the east coast of Greenland, 70 mi south of the Arctic Circle, on 24 July 1969 to scale Rytterknegten on Knud Rasmussen Glacier, and were returning to base when they were beset in the ice.  None of the explorers was injured."

In particular "under the command of CAPT Leyman W. Couch, USN" makes no sense for a ship in service with MSTS that are civilian crewed. Web searches on key words of incident, including "Leyman W. Couch, USN" and "Leyman W. Couch" only give circular referenced to this Wikipedia piece. Palmeira (talk) 22:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC)