The U.S. Navy seaplane tender USS <i>Casco</i> (AVP-12) beached in Nazan Bay, Atka island, Alaska (USA), on 30 August 1942. While lying at anchor in Nazan Bay on 30 August 1942, <i>Casco</i> was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine <i>RO-61</i>. The resulting explosion killed five of her men and wounded 20, but prompt and clearheaded action brought flooding to a halt and got the ship underway so that she could be beached and later salvaged. <i>Casco</i> was refloated on 12 September 1942, and, after emergency repairs at Dutch Harbor and Kodiak, she received a thorough overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA). <i>Casco</i> returned to duty in the Aleutian Islands in March 1943.
U.S. Navy
1942-08-30
Photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Aleutians/img/USN-CN-Aleutians-7.gif">[1]</a> in : U.S. Navyl History and Heritage Command: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Aleutians/USN-CN-Aleutians-1.html"><i>United States Navy Combat Narrative. The Aleutians Campaign June 1942 - August 1943</i></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Aleutians/USN-CN-Aleutians-1.html">Chapter 1: The Attack on Dutch Harbor June 1942</a>. Washington D.C. 1993.