50 Yrs Ago Tomorrow (4 April) - Mullinnix Leaves Mar del Plata, Argentina
Excerpt from “The Last Gun Ship - History of USS Mullinnix DD-944” - A Historical Novel By Frank A. Wood)
On 3 April, Mullinnix was underway from Mar del Plata to fuel from ARA tanker P. Delgara at anchorage in the harbor. The following morning, she bid a fond farewell to Mar del Plata, in route to Recife, Brazil, leaving without shipmates Green and Weckbacher.
The forecast was for six days of smooth sailing to Brazil. Somebody forgot to tell Mother Nature that. That afternoon the heavens opened up. How hard can it be to be a weatherman? The sky had gone gray, and the sea had gone coal black with it. Shafts of white light, like burning arrows, pierced the night sky. Groundswells burst on the bow in ropes of green and white foam. White caps, like bird wings, were visible all the way to the horizon. When the wind blew, the ocean changed shades of blue-black, as though it drew its color from the wind.
To be continued...
Cheers,
Woody
On 3 April, Mullinnix was underway from Mar del Plata to fuel from ARA tanker P. Delgara at anchorage in the harbor. The following morning, she bid a fond farewell to Mar del Plata, in route to Recife, Brazil, leaving without shipmates Green and Weckbacher.
The forecast was for six days of smooth sailing to Brazil. Somebody forgot to tell Mother Nature that. That afternoon the heavens opened up. How hard can it be to be a weatherman? The sky had gone gray, and the sea had gone coal black with it. Shafts of white light, like burning arrows, pierced the night sky. Groundswells burst on the bow in ropes of green and white foam. White caps, like bird wings, were visible all the way to the horizon. When the wind blew, the ocean changed shades of blue-black, as though it drew its color from the wind.
To be continued...
Cheers,
Woody
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