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10 December
1861 - American steamer Annie Taylor was wrecked at Sabine Pass, Texas. The crew was captured by the Confederates.
1862 - Carrying 500 soldiers of the 156th New York Infantry Regiment, the 905-ton steamer Menemon Sanford (or Memnorium Sanford) was wrecked without loss of life on Carysfort Reef off the Florida Keys 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 kilometres) south by west of Carysfort Reef Light. Blackstone (flag unknown) and the bark USS Gemsbok rescued everyone on board.
1863 – The following two ships were burned by Confederate States Army troops on Bayou Lacomb in Louisiana.
Schooner Josephine Truxillo
Barge Stephany (or Stepheny)
1864 - The 77-ton sidewheel paddle steamer CSS Ida was captured and burned by a detachment of the 150th New York Infantry Regiment near Argyle Island, Georgia.
1864 - Torpedo boat USS Picket Boat No. 5 sank in the James River opposite Jamestown, Virginia. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.
1946 - A Curtiss R5C-1 Commando military transport plane, BuNo 39528, c/n 26715/CU355, (ex-USAAF 42-3582), of VMR-152, crashed into Mount Rainier's South Tahoma Glacier near the 9,500-foot level, killing 32 U.S. Marines. Wreckage not found until 22 July 1947. "Capt. A. O. Rule, commanding officer of Sand Point naval air station, said that the transport flew directly into the side of a sheer 3,000-foot cliff, exploded and threw parts and personnel over a wide area. 'In view of the nature of the glacier at the foot of this mountainside,' he said, 'little hope is entertained for the recovery of the bodies.' The ice and deep crevasses of Tahoma glacier high on Mount Rainier may have claimed forever the bodies of 32 Marines who died when their transport plane flew into the mountain last Dec. 10, it was indicated today (27 July) by the Navy and by searchers back from a second climb on the glacier. The climbers said they recovered additional evidence of the identity of the plane and saw much more wreckage that could not be reached but failed to locate a single body."
1947 - "WESTOVER FIELD, Mass., Dec. 11. (AP) - Six American soldiers were found still alive today beside the wreckage of a big transport plane which carried 23 others to death in a midnight crash Tuesday in the sub-Arctic wastelands of Labrador. Rescuers – moved overland by dogsleds and through the air by helicopter - reached the survivors, trapped in icy wilderness eight miles north of the R. C. A. F. airfield at Goose Bay. Air transport command headquarters here said meager reports from the scene gave no indication as to the condition of the survivors. Three doctors were flown in to the scene through a snow and sleet storm to give emergency treatment before the men are evacuated by helicopter to Goose Bay. The rough, rocky terrain made it impossible to bring the six survivors by land and preparations were being made to fly them out to a hospital in Goose Bay. One helicopter - sent to Labrador when the crash was first reported - has been making relay hops during the day. A B-17 dropped medical supplies and food. Visibility was only fair and fears were expressed that bad weather, preventing further flights, might close in before the men could be evacuated. A space has been cleared within a half-mile of the scattered, charred wreckage to allow a helicopter to land and a second helicopter is being sent to Westover field to assist in the rescue. The hilly, forested countryside - although within a few flight minutes of the Green Bay airfield -makes it impossible to use a larger plane." Douglas C-54D-5-DC Skymaster, 42-72572, c/n 10677, was destroyed.
1963 - Test pilot USAF Colonel Chuck Yeager out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, zoom climbs Lockheed NF-104A Starfighter, AF Ser. No. 56-0762, modified with rocket engine in tail unit, to 106,300 feet (32,400 m), but aircraft enters flat spin when directional jets in nose run out of propellant, forcing him to eject. He suffers injuries when his helmet collides with the ejection seat. This mission was very loosely depicted in the film The Right Stuff. Aircraft was originally built as Lockheed F-104A-10-LO.
The Crash of Yeager's NF-104
1964 – Test pilot Joseph Engle flew the X-15 to 34,503 meters (113,204 feet) and Mach 5.35.
1999 - A United States Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules, 63-7854, of 61st Airlift Squadron, 463d Airlift Group, crashes during landing at Ahmed Al Jaber air base, Kuwait City, Kuwait, killing three of the 94 people on board. The investigation report, released 31 March 2000, blamed crew complacency and failure to follow governing directives during approach to the runway, failing to monitor instruments, a critical function for night flying in reduced visibility.
2007 – Former USS Cruise (AM/MSF-215) was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., Beaufort, North Carolina, and converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed Gregory Poole, official number 558835. The ship was scuttled some 29.5 miles due east of South Bethany, DE., to help form an artificial reef.
1861 - American steamer Annie Taylor was wrecked at Sabine Pass, Texas. The crew was captured by the Confederates.
1862 - Carrying 500 soldiers of the 156th New York Infantry Regiment, the 905-ton steamer Menemon Sanford (or Memnorium Sanford) was wrecked without loss of life on Carysfort Reef off the Florida Keys 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 kilometres) south by west of Carysfort Reef Light. Blackstone (flag unknown) and the bark USS Gemsbok rescued everyone on board.
1863 – The following two ships were burned by Confederate States Army troops on Bayou Lacomb in Louisiana.
Schooner Josephine Truxillo
Barge Stephany (or Stepheny)
1864 - The 77-ton sidewheel paddle steamer CSS Ida was captured and burned by a detachment of the 150th New York Infantry Regiment near Argyle Island, Georgia.
1864 - Torpedo boat USS Picket Boat No. 5 sank in the James River opposite Jamestown, Virginia. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.
1946 - A Curtiss R5C-1 Commando military transport plane, BuNo 39528, c/n 26715/CU355, (ex-USAAF 42-3582), of VMR-152, crashed into Mount Rainier's South Tahoma Glacier near the 9,500-foot level, killing 32 U.S. Marines. Wreckage not found until 22 July 1947. "Capt. A. O. Rule, commanding officer of Sand Point naval air station, said that the transport flew directly into the side of a sheer 3,000-foot cliff, exploded and threw parts and personnel over a wide area. 'In view of the nature of the glacier at the foot of this mountainside,' he said, 'little hope is entertained for the recovery of the bodies.' The ice and deep crevasses of Tahoma glacier high on Mount Rainier may have claimed forever the bodies of 32 Marines who died when their transport plane flew into the mountain last Dec. 10, it was indicated today (27 July) by the Navy and by searchers back from a second climb on the glacier. The climbers said they recovered additional evidence of the identity of the plane and saw much more wreckage that could not be reached but failed to locate a single body."
1947 - "WESTOVER FIELD, Mass., Dec. 11. (AP) - Six American soldiers were found still alive today beside the wreckage of a big transport plane which carried 23 others to death in a midnight crash Tuesday in the sub-Arctic wastelands of Labrador. Rescuers – moved overland by dogsleds and through the air by helicopter - reached the survivors, trapped in icy wilderness eight miles north of the R. C. A. F. airfield at Goose Bay. Air transport command headquarters here said meager reports from the scene gave no indication as to the condition of the survivors. Three doctors were flown in to the scene through a snow and sleet storm to give emergency treatment before the men are evacuated by helicopter to Goose Bay. The rough, rocky terrain made it impossible to bring the six survivors by land and preparations were being made to fly them out to a hospital in Goose Bay. One helicopter - sent to Labrador when the crash was first reported - has been making relay hops during the day. A B-17 dropped medical supplies and food. Visibility was only fair and fears were expressed that bad weather, preventing further flights, might close in before the men could be evacuated. A space has been cleared within a half-mile of the scattered, charred wreckage to allow a helicopter to land and a second helicopter is being sent to Westover field to assist in the rescue. The hilly, forested countryside - although within a few flight minutes of the Green Bay airfield -makes it impossible to use a larger plane." Douglas C-54D-5-DC Skymaster, 42-72572, c/n 10677, was destroyed.
1963 - Test pilot USAF Colonel Chuck Yeager out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, zoom climbs Lockheed NF-104A Starfighter, AF Ser. No. 56-0762, modified with rocket engine in tail unit, to 106,300 feet (32,400 m), but aircraft enters flat spin when directional jets in nose run out of propellant, forcing him to eject. He suffers injuries when his helmet collides with the ejection seat. This mission was very loosely depicted in the film The Right Stuff. Aircraft was originally built as Lockheed F-104A-10-LO.
The Crash of Yeager's NF-104
1964 – Test pilot Joseph Engle flew the X-15 to 34,503 meters (113,204 feet) and Mach 5.35.
1999 - A United States Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules, 63-7854, of 61st Airlift Squadron, 463d Airlift Group, crashes during landing at Ahmed Al Jaber air base, Kuwait City, Kuwait, killing three of the 94 people on board. The investigation report, released 31 March 2000, blamed crew complacency and failure to follow governing directives during approach to the runway, failing to monitor instruments, a critical function for night flying in reduced visibility.
2007 – Former USS Cruise (AM/MSF-215) was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., Beaufort, North Carolina, and converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed Gregory Poole, official number 558835. The ship was scuttled some 29.5 miles due east of South Bethany, DE., to help form an artificial reef.