| Show r - I 4 i - - I - ' t I - t irefit 41 4 r - - t -- - - --- - ' - — - Iv - -'- ' - Rt4-1111-1411)---- Lonorn : - 11 164:01t s-- e - Eto rt -- -: r x 1 L :' ' iaNElaiEa'"'"Nr o - 4 -- ---- -- 4 - r 4'4'44 4--44 44160-- : - — - 1 -- - En route to - -- -- a 4 4- ' I ' ) ') ' ICJ - '" 7eaiih enze fl - SPIts 6117 l'Imr-'--- - 40 ' i I cold-chok- 1 I I distress from a Icome a sudden tallCaeonf or from a pllme like th freighter I 1 like the "Bermuda Sky Queen" rescued by ' the Campbell's sister Bibb in 1947 ' I Right now the Campbell named for a former Secretary of the Treasury is one 1 of 22 American cutters spottedsicms the I e 1 Atlantle in an - internationally-operat- ed weather service system It was originally I ' designed to protect Britain's ferry corn- mand in World War II and now stands for both air and surface traMc iwatch k across the North Atlantic During the war the ships passed back I) 1 information on weather and also fought 6 German and shot ' down enemy iIt aircraft I 1 ats -- Today however Capt ton's ship has three main func- - i It- - Bar- I :i -- tions It provides weather and meteorological information to the U S Weather- Bureau g gives communications service and guidance to planes flying " the Atlantic and 1I 7: - - -couple Itl a lonely - :r1' existence i - : "Rise-and-shin- e" t s' - l''--lz‘f-1- i 1 '' Heavy Weather ea !he &idea Last winter the Campbell made two patrols one at Station Able in the Denmark Strait the other at Station Charlie 1000 Fallen east" of liewfotmdland "At Able s we had the usual weather" said Captain Burton l'When you're on the northern statiorts you can expect rough seas most of the time especially 'north of - i If tt - 1 - s - -- -- el 1 'Z All -- 1 author 1 i - -- - - And ' ' A mobso lopprs of - select if leather insureiasting geed tools and comfort E Illaknot ttgahlf mato' del threwhort with 4: - help hold shoe ' ' -- - e one-plac- a shsPetrIresigtheakcold insoles ' ‘' ' e-t 1 7' '--- - - ! - i ! - III 1404 S447 - - --0 -' vitlonloguert: n i il - 1- - C‘ I ' -- L - -- i - extra 'reinforcements in - - imming fit wear 74 1 the Campbell was homeward bound from - --- - - - '- - 1 - — Weather Station Able was "I asleep in my cabin" Burton re- calls "Suddenly I felt the ship lurch as a mountain of water sloshed over her bow andhroke against the forward deckhouse By the time the sidppir reached the bridge the engines were going aptin and the Campbell was staggering ahead again -despite the fact that the 'forward deckhouse had bien caved in by that mur- -t derous wave that broke over the bow "For a minute" says Burton "I thought' we'd be ripped apart and go down But we kept moving slowly through that terrible sea and made it to port Sometimes when I look back and recall It — I think maybe we're an living on borrowed time" - - L L - - ' fie - 4 kN7 - - - spits 6464 ---1- - Ill $aks Gaodyoor Stitch od with stronghol-wale- d thread foe longer moor - - —' - f " --- ' ttl - is sounded water1"ilt Wear 1 : z i ? -- --Y ''' i -t - - 1 - Oetsoloa troata- to rePti- ''' " - at 6:30 and the men scour top- - 1 d- -- -- ' " 1 ' acey-duc- ey : '''' Se SAS1 - side and scrub below until mess call at 7:15 The mornings ti i1 are I' devoted to maintenance -0 oi -afternoons to fire collision the if v 2A 4 and rescue drill Alter 5 o'clock f 1 f i 8: mess the crew is free until -::) "Lights Out!" Is sounded at 10- cf(' I' Together the Campbell and 11-6Burton have patrolled the seas COAST GUARDSMEN pee- for almost two years oolongs balms IA pore conoots valid "They shared their closest styppe call in December 1945 while search and rescue work At present five of the ten stations on the weather patrol are manned by U S Coast Guard ships and a sixth is covered Jointly by the U & and Canada Britain guards two others' the Low Countries man another and the Swedes and Norwegians share the tenth The cutters usually stay at sea a month Inclulling two weeks travel to and from their stations In port they refuel replen- ish stores and give shore leave to - their crews of 12 oMcers and 125 men-- - ' ' - -- - -- :- '- - are sheathed in a Often the crew may complete a month's patrol without seeing anything but "driving rain pelting spray and lashing waves Even the sight of a sea gull is rare - -- Thevets Aiwa" AcrtDuceY ' "We try to keep the crew happy with movies boxing on the afterdeck and be- low smokers and lots Of Then there's plenty of steak chicken french fries and ice cream We're all coffee drinkers and there is always Java in the galley when a man comes off watch" The day follows a pattern 1 performs -- edIeceekht T t - - 8 - all 'N i ed I a b 411 For the most part it consists of days of - the Grand Banks and east of Greenland sealanes "Out there the thermometer frequently weary vigil on the of the Atlantic unrelieved by sight or drops below freezing and the waves get up sound of land But any day or night can to 40 and 50 feet and before you know it 1 4 -- — :' Gast Guard's Campbell holds rendezvous with rescue plane patrol-ilia- 5 1 - 1 - 4 "744An4 Ilk 211hob i I1 1 - - ''?---: ' 1 r ' -- 11 fori " - y - 44' Wkar i li irain 0 le s'tI P 4 ''-- e427 : f t --- --- --- - 11 a IL k ' ' - r r ' I k - f 1-- 4- - -- - ' t i A t' ' 4 i I ! 4 0k- ' i al'" ) I I '" ' Worli ' A to 40:rt-1- t -- 1 - -- - -- - Ito I 111104 ' roe loll AN MU All AlAilltS le lints Demo r : - le 4r Alsommod I- i IMAM& SAAIKIN Of toussAIK$641t01 coormet sr LOWS A SAL - - all jaelhled 1111 litsderY waft se wile aps for row - 14 ' ow mum 14 ' - I' 171 - 111"! ---PASADIE A i II ' - |
