Question #150406. Asked by
serpa.
Last updated Jan 03 2024.
Originally posted Jan 01 2024 5:57 PM.
On the 20th, typhoon -Karen- hit the coast. For the next week, Sarsi towed various vessels; carried light cargo and personnel; relocated buoys and conducted nighttime, close-inshore anti-mining and anti-junk patrols. On the afternoon of the 27th, she refueled from Cimarron (AO-22); and, at 1847, moved north to patrol along the edge of the mineswept waters between Wonsan and Hungnam. At 2200, all unnecessary lights were extinguished. She reached Hungnam without incident; but, as she turned to return to Wonsan, a drifting mine, probably cut loose by the typhoon, exploded against her hull. Damage control efforts proved futile, and Sarsi sank in twenty minutes.
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