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On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (nautical miles and tenths), courses, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
It is not necessary to record State of the Sea.
However, ice mentioned in the weather grid should be transcribed using the magenta Sea column.

On the events page please enter: ice, location information, and sailing information.
Aurorae, volcanic, and seismic activity should be reported in the forum.
The names of US Navy and Coast Guard ships met should be noted. This gives the science team a chance to compare weather readings. You can include all ships mentioned in a single entry without a time or any additional data.
Other events are optional.

One person can do both weather and events (Stream 1), but the system also allows one person to do the weather page (Stream 1) and a second person to do the events page (Stream 3).
Unlike in OW3, where three transcriptions were required for each page, we are doing only one transcription per page.

Every transcriber needs to enter the date.
The date is used to organize the pages.

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January 17, 1946
Off Cape Hinchinbrook

1245 Sighted mine drifting in Lat 60^o 17' 2"N and Long 146^o 47' 18"W. Steering various courses and speeds inspecting mine.

1335 Sunk mine by Gunfire. 1345 Set base course at 315.

1400 Expended 200 rounds of 30 Cal. and 150 rounds of 20 mm ammunition.

It must be very difficult to hit a mine, or they're not the best shots.

24 January, 1946
Cordova

0025. Carpenter, Jack O. (529-117) Q.M. 3C (R.) Suffered a gun shot wound at the hands of the local police and was admitted to the Cordova Hospital, Cordova, Alaska, for inpatient treatment.

That's a first, I think.

4 February
Off Cape Fairfield

the log is rather terse on the events of this rescue. The link at the end of the post is much more interesting. Rescuing 500 people, hurricane force winds, 50 foot seas...

At 0450 they change course to assist the S. S. Yukon. Between 1000 and 1100 they search Puget Bay.

1205. Sighted wreck of S. S. Yukon off Cape Fairfield. Maneuvering on various courses and speeds proceeding to relief.
1240. Lowered #2 boat; #2 boat proceeding to Yukon to pick up survivors.
1355. #2 boat returned with 48 survivors.
1505. #2 boat returning to Yukon.

And on 5 February

0330. CGC Cedar standing in to assist in operations on S. S. Yukon.
0430. Set base course 260, proceeding to Seward.
0802. Forty Eight (48) survivors of S. S. Yukon taken ashore from this vessel at Seward.
0900. Mail and papers of S. S. Yukon delivered to Lt. H. Tuck U.S.C.G. (R.) at Seward, Alaska.
1000. Father Edward Turner, 1^st Lt. Donald E. Bergon U.S.S. (MC), H. W. Hunt, United Press, Glen M^c Creary, Cameraman for United Press, reported aboard for transportation to vicinity of Yukon.

They leave for the Yukon at 1030. At 1410 they anchor of Cape Fairfield and at 1440 ten men go ashore for B.S-P for work party.

1950. 67 survivors aboard from S. S. Yukon.
2020. Working party of ten (10) men returned.
2130. Completed taking on 98 survivors of S. S. Yukon.
2145. Anchor aweigh.
2330 Standing into Resurrection Bay.

Finally on 6 February, they arrive in Seward at 0135. Sixty five survivors go ashore from S. S. Yukon. At 0500 All survivors (98) from S. S. Yukon are ashore. At 0645 they head back to Cape Fairfield where they pick up Boat #2 and return to Seward by 1540.

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I found this link, which has reports from a number of different newspapers and other sources.

I wanted to copy e a few excerpts, but I couldn't. The article isn't very long, but it has some interesting details. One mentions three men being washed off the Yukon by 50 foot waves. Even though they were smashed up against the rocks, they were rescued and survived. The article also mentioned that the women and children rescued by Onondaga became very panicked as they watched the rescue and as they saw the Yukon breaking into pieces. Consequently, the Onondaga left the scene.

Good work!
Good find!

20 February
Cordova

I had been watching for good old Jack. This was my first sighting since he was sent to hospital after being shot by police.

1100. Carpenter, Jack, O. (529-117) QM 3c (R) returned from I.P.T. Cordova Community Hospital.

7 March
Seward

1330. Carpenter, Jack O. (529-117) QM 3c taken off binnacle list.

He was put on the binnacle list after returning from hospital. It's been a long time since he was shot, 24 January.

18 March
Cordova

0900. Mr. S. Hofstetter reported aboard this unit for a witness to board of investigation.
0900. A board of investigation, Lt. Robert Becker, USCG, USCGC Onondaga, senior member, convened by order of the Commanding Officer to inquire into the shooting of Carpenter, Jack O. (529-117) Q. M. 3c USCG-R at Cordova, Alaska met.
1125. The board of investigation adjourned to meet at 1300.
1135. Mr. Seymour Hofstetter departed.

1310. Board of investigation of which Lt. Robert Becker, USCG, is senior member met.
1430. The board of investigation adjourned to wait action of convening authority.

30 March
Ketchikan

I've been watching for any mention of Jack Carpenter since the Board of Investigation. I didn't notice anything until now. He and 22 others departed with baggage, records and transfer papers to C. G. Unit 258 for assignment to duty pending discharge.

9 April
57 56 30 N 152 36 46 W

0800. 1500 rounds .22 cal. ammunition reported missing. One (1) very pistol missing from the bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flare_gun

A flare gun, also known as a Very pistol or signal pistol, is a large-bore handgun that discharges flares. The flare gun is typically used to produce a distress signal. A flare gun can be used as a deadly weapon, but that is not its intended function.

12 April
Off Cape Sarichef

1735. Missing ammunition accounted for.

The voyage for 1946 has been completed. You can see a plot of the voyage here and, for more detail, you can download the KML file and view it with Google Earth. There were a few mentions of people here.