That eventuality did not come to pass , and the special task group was dissolved on 23 August . The guided-missile frigate then headed for Naples , Italy , where she arrived on the 24 August . During the short voyage to Naples the ship was steaming at flank speed , which required the two boiler rooms to be " split " , with the forward boiler feeding steam to the forward engine room and the after boiler feeding steam to the after engine room . The forward engine room powered the port propeller . The main feed pump in the forward engine room failed catastrophically , which caused the port propeller to suddenly stop . The ship , still at flank speed from the starboard propeller , turned so sharply to port that seawater sprayed from the ship entered the ship 's ventilators . There were no serious injuries to the crew . '' Biddle '' remained at Naples until 5 September 1974 at which time she resumed operations the eastern Mediterranean . Between 8 and 10 September , the warship joined in the unsuccessful search for survivors from a TWA Boeing 707 that had crashed in the Ionian Sea . Following that mission , she resumed her schedule of 6th Fleet operations and port visits . After five days at Civitavecchia , Italy , for liberty in Rome , '' Biddle '' got underway for the eastern Mediterranean and a transit of the Straits of Bosporus and the Dardanelles . She operated in the Black Sea for five days and retransited the Straits on the 11 September . Training exercises and port visits kept her busy until early December . She completed turnover procedures at Rota on 5 December and then put to sea to return to the United States . '' Biddle '' arrived back in Norfolk on 14 December and remained in port for the rest of the year
TWA Boeing 707
TWA Flight 841 (1974)
USS Biddle (CG-34)