DOMINION’S NAVAL VESSEL
MINE-SWEEPER BREAKS DOWN. RESOLED BY AMERICAN CRUISER. By ” legraph—Press Assn —Copyright. Received Nov. 21, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Nov. 20. The Navy Department has been advised that the United States cruiser Pittsburgh is towing into Honolulu the crippled New Zealand mine-sweeper Wakakura, which was picked up in rough seas on Friday afternoon. The Wakakura, which was en route from San Francisco to Honolulu, was sighted in trouble with part of her machinery broken. The Pittsburg, which was bound for Manila, rounded to in the storm and sent a boat to take off the machinist and the broken part. While the cruiser’s mechanics sought to repair this part, the seas grew wilder and the Pittsburg’s commander decided finally to take the Wakakura in tow. The report stated that the time of reaching Honolulu would depend on the weather condition experienced.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1926, Page 9
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