Kinkaid (DD 965) - Naval Cruise Book

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ON (K ' l ( )BI;K U . 1 lAl 1 ( ) I.I N, KINKAII) WAS ( )N HHK . TO BAHRAIN I OR A MICH Nl KDIiD REST AhTHR 27 DA S INDFRWA . WHII.i; IN THE APPROACHHS TO BAHRAIN. KINKAID W AS DIRIXTFD TO RESPOND TO A DISTRESS CAEL. WITHOl r Hi;SH ATION. KINKAIDS CR[-:W BROUGHT THE SHIP AROEND AND MADE BEST SPEED TO THE DISABEED VESSEE. WHATWEEOl ' NDWASASHOCKlNfiSIGHT! MA ' SiMA S lAR WAS EIS TING 15 DEGRETIS TO PORT WITH ONLY FOl R INCHES OE EREE BOARD RliMAlNINCi SHIi WAS A El EEY EADIiN CONTAINER SHIP WHOSi-: CARGO WAS WORSENING AN ALREADY DIRE SiTL ' ATION. THE RESCUE AND ASSISTANCE TEAM B0ARD[;D THE SHIP AND BEXi AN Pl ' MPINC i THOESANDS OF GAEEONS OF WATF:R FROM HER HOLDS. lilGHT HOCRS AFTER OCR ARRIVAL. THE PORT LIST HAD BEEN REDECEDTO FOER DEGREES AND THE F ' REF BOARD WAS IN EX(T:SS OF FOLIR FTTT. KINKAID PROVI-D TH. TWF:.. RETRn.LYSTEADFA.STANDTRUETHISDAYBY SAVINCnill SHIP ANDTHi: CARGO Ot THIS MFRCHANT VliSSIJ 79

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KINKAID RESCUE AND ASSISTANCE TEAM SAVES THE MOTOR VESSEL SIMA STAR V — ■»SS-»B!-«iW!»; ir ;»ii T g ' Ba iagj|My5gg|B 78

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Late Arrivals, r o n -1 Lt R J Velasco-Lind Lljg J M Graver NCI R G Scott MS2 G Montano EMS K, G Buchanan STG3 R S Ferrin O EN3 E, L Grammer EM3 T V Johnson ET3 Mike Sparks EW3 J Trieber 80