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A Mine, A Hole, and 680,000 Gallons: How USS Noxubee Survived
A Mine, A Hole, and 680,000 Gallons: How USS Noxubee Survived
A gasoline tanker carrying 680,000 gallons of fuel was left with a three-foot-wide, five-foot-tall hole below the waterline and still did not sink - every sailor walked away. How did a Patapsco-class AOG survive a mine strike on the Cửa Việt River in 1969 with that much volatile cargo on board?
In this episode, we follow the USS Noxubee from her keel laying in Savage, Minnesota to the mine detonation in South Vietnam and through the surprising days that followed. We trace the ship’s design, voyages across three oceans, and the…
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