Chinook .

Specifications  Displacement: 348 tons Length: 110' Beam: 26'5" Draft: 11'6" Speed: 12 knots Armament: 2 20mm Complement: 2 warrants, 14 enlisted Diesel engines, single screw, 1,000 hp Stationed at Baltimore MD until 1981 then transferred to Portsmouth VA. She was used for light icebreaking, search and rescue and law enforcement, 11-12 June1965 she helped fighting fire aboard the MV Ciudad de Nieva near Baltimore. 13 February 1968 helped fighting fire on Pier 5 Baltimore. 4 June 1969 helped fighting fire on MV Provence Town at Baltimore. May and June of 1979 she was used to haul garbage during the New York City strike Decommissioned 1 July 1986   Excerpts From "Units of the month" publication, read below.         Photos: Clyde Norstrand     The Chinook, now called the Danicia is owned by Basic Marine Escanaba Michigan

 

Hull Number	Builder	Keel Laid	Launched	Commissioned	Disposition
WYTM-96	Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn, N.Y.	10 Nov 1942	16 June 1943	24 May 1944	Decomm 1 July 1986