Nästa handlar om denne - sjökapten - en och deras skepp under en ytterst dramatisk resa....
Vad hette herrarna och deras fartyg?
Varjag
Ja Fredrik - du har helt rätt, det var dramat med Haganah Ship EXODUS 1947 - som det handlar om.fregor0800 skrev:Är rätt säker på att det är SS Exodus(ex SS/USS President Warfield) resa med immigranter till Israel 1947 som avses, då torde den förste herren vara Ike Aronowicz och herre nummer två är Yossi Harel. Tipsjagaren tror jag är HMS Childers.
/Fredrik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Caron ... iet_watersIn response, the Soviets deployed a frigate "Bezzavetnyy" (rus.: "Беззаветный", Burevestnik M-class frigate) and a SKR-6 (rus.: CКР-6) Mirka II class light frigate as well as many other Soviet Navy, Coast Guard, KGB and "civilian" ships to intercept the U.S. ships. Soviet aircraft continuously buzzed the Caron and Yorktown as smaller vessels weaved to and fro in front of the American ships. Several times, Soviet vessels and aircraft obtained radar "lock" on the Caron and Yorktown. Both American ships maintained a constant course and speed throughout the incident. Eventually, the Soviets lightly rammed both ships. No significant damage resulted to any of the ships involved. The Captain of the Caron Lou Harlow, ordered that painters go over the side to paint over the superficial marks created by the "ramming" within minutes of the event.
Precis den incidenten jag sökte, lite som att försöka preja långtradare med hundkojor. Frågan till Varjag!varjag skrev:USN sjömannen var
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Maurice_Caron
-som dödades i Vietnam 1968 under omhändertagande av sårade marinsoldater. För den insatsen - dekorerades han posthumt med MoH.
Samt fick låna sitt namn till US Navys jagare USS CARON, av Spruance-klassen.
USS CARON var 1988, inblandad i en ''knuffstrid'' med sovjetiska Svartahavsflottan -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Caron ... iet_watersIn response, the Soviets deployed a frigate "Bezzavetnyy" (rus.: "Беззаветный", Burevestnik M-class frigate) and a SKR-6 (rus.: CКР-6) Mirka II class light frigate as well as many other Soviet Navy, Coast Guard, KGB and "civilian" ships to intercept the U.S. ships. Soviet aircraft continuously buzzed the Caron and Yorktown as smaller vessels weaved to and fro in front of the American ships. Several times, Soviet vessels and aircraft obtained radar "lock" on the Caron and Yorktown. Both American ships maintained a constant course and speed throughout the incident. Eventually, the Soviets lightly rammed both ships. No significant damage resulted to any of the ships involved. The Captain of the Caron Lou Harlow, ordered that painters go over the side to paint over the superficial marks created by the "ramming" within minutes of the event.
Varjag