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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1958
Page
6
Photos show the Spar moments before it sailed at midnight on Sunday for Greenland. The crew prepared the vessel for departure from the Coast Guard Depot.
The Navy underwater demolition vessel Spar sailed from Boston for Greenland, with 54 aboard including 15 Arctic veterans. The 180-foot buoy tender heads toward Nova Scotia then along Greenland and Baffin Island coasts, carrying two Coast Guardsmen and a mix of new volunteers and seasoned sailors. James D. Rielly led last year’s sendoff and bid farewell during this routine departure.
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