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English:
A U.S. Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-3F
Pelican
helicopter hovers near the stern of the Holland-America liner MS
Prinsendam
(ca. 520 passengers and crew) in the Gulf of Alaska. The liner was sailing through the Gulf of Alaska, approximately 190 km south of Yakutat, Alaska, at midnight on 4 October 1980, when a fire broke out in the engine room. United States Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard helicopters and the cutters USCGC
Boutwell
(WHEC-719), USCGC
Mellon
(WHEC-717), and USCGC
Woodrush
(WLB-407) responded in concert with other vessels in the area. The passenger vessel later capsized and sank.
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| Source | U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DF-SN-86-12843 |
| Author | SSgt. Richard D. McKee |
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U.S. military
or
Department of Defense
employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, the image is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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