USCGC Triumph
The USCGC Triumph (CG 52301) was a motor lifeboat operated by the United States Coast Guard.[1][2][3] The Triumph, and her sister, the USCGC Invicible, were the only vessels in their class. They were built in 1935, when the Coast Guard's other motor lifeboats were 36 foot motor lifeboat -- vessels with a shorter range, that did not need facilities for sleeping or the preparation of meals. She could carry sixty rescued people.
Triumph was lost off the coast of Oregon in 1961.[1] Five of the six sailors aboard her lost their lives. Unlike the Triumph which was not self-righting, modern motor lifeboats are designed to be self-righting -- they mount buoyancy chambers which will rapidly force the boats right-side-up, if they overturned.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Triumph, 1935" (PDF). Coast Guard. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
- ^ "52-Foot Wooden-Hulled Motor Lifeboat" (PDF). Coast Guard. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
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John, Finn J.D. (2012-01-22). "Coast Guard catastrophe sprang from bad boat design". Offbeat Oregon. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
But astonishingly, the 52-footers were not self-righting. Flip one over, and it would stay over. And not only that, but there was no provision to prevent seawater from flooding the air intake for the boat's diesel engines if it did flip over, so even if you could get it back right-side-up, it was still done for.
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