Edisto (AGB 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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me murdo sound, antarctica On 26 December we rendezvoused with USS GLACIER, limping back to liberty minus one screw-blade after a brief encounter with the ice in McMurdo Channel, and transferred for return to New Zealand. In addition, GLACIER supplied us with useful information concerning the tactical ice situation at Mc Murdo. After two hours of exchanges she took leave of us and headed north while we turned southward. just south of Franklin Island we met the USNS PRIVATE JOHN R. TOWLE, one of many ships engaged in the vital task of re- supplying the Navy's scientific base at McMurdo and convoyed her to the ice. We soon became accustomed to the tech- nique peculiar to ships of our class. We backed and rammed and backed and rammed and rammed again until all of us were certain EDISTO could not possibly stand the strain. Assisted by USCGC EASTWIND we paralleled the fresh scar left on the ice by GLACIER's attempt and moved the TOWLE progressively closer to the waiting base. Finally it was decided to begin unloading her with snow- cats, D-8 tractors, and sled trains. While this was going on the two icebreakers worked side by side to lengthen the channel. The greater the distance the tractors were forced to traverse the slower the unloading, therefore each time a few hundred yards were gained EDISTO assisted in moving TOWLE to a new mooring spot closer to the base. We spent over two weeks with no physical con- tact with McMurdo save by helicopter and our days were filled with battering the barely yielding ice pack.

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