The Miracle Of Pacocha
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History of the Pacocha
B.A.P. Pacocha
USS ATULE, a "Balao-class" submarine is milled: Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1943.
Joins wolfpack known as "Clarey's Crushers": South Pacific, 1944 -1945.
Responsible for sinking ~30,000 tons of enemy shipping.
1945 - 1974: Upgraded twice to GUPPY-1 and GUPPY-2.
During the cold-war, she was used mainly for reconnaissance and training.
1974:Transferred to Peru. She was named after the famous 19th-century sea-battle in which the Iron-Clad monitor HUASCAR, the pride of the Peruvian Navy, successfully fought British Admiral de Horsey andtwo Royal-Cruisers (HMS Shah and HMS Amethyst) to a stand-off. This was the first recorded battle in history where the "torpedo" was used in combat. The HUASCAR successfully out-maneuvered the torpedo.Fighting the Royal Navy to a stand-off was considered a major victory for the Peruvians.
In the 1980's Roger Cotrina Alvarado joins the crew of the Pacocha, under the command of Captain DanielNieva Rodriguez. Roger attends school for a nuclear submarine but upon completion of his studies, there is difficulty finding an open slot. Consequently, he is offered an alternate slot aboard one of theoldest ships in the Peruvian fleet, the BAP Pacocha. He humbly agrees to take the job.
Roger would later repair the hatch on the escape trunk in an effort to occupy some free time. No one wouldever dream that this very hatch would be their lifeline to the surface in the following year.
On August 26, 1988, the Pacocha is returning from a torpedo exercise, in preperation for the UNITAStraining operations that are conducted each year in coordination with the US NAVY. She is accidentally rammed by a Japanese deep-sea fishing boat named the Kyowa Maru.
Unsure of what she hit, the KyowaMaru continues on for approximately 1 mile before stopping to investigate the situation. Meanwhile, the Pacocha sinks in 140 feet of water in less than 10 minutes.
On the way to the ocean floor,...
B.A.P. Pacocha
USS ATULE, a "Balao-class" submarine is milled: Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1943.
Joins wolfpack known as "Clarey's Crushers": South Pacific, 1944 -1945.
Responsible for sinking ~30,000 tons of enemy shipping.
1945 - 1974: Upgraded twice to GUPPY-1 and GUPPY-2.
During the cold-war, she was used mainly for reconnaissance and training.
1974:Transferred to Peru. She was named after the famous 19th-century sea-battle in which the Iron-Clad monitor HUASCAR, the pride of the Peruvian Navy, successfully fought British Admiral de Horsey andtwo Royal-Cruisers (HMS Shah and HMS Amethyst) to a stand-off. This was the first recorded battle in history where the "torpedo" was used in combat. The HUASCAR successfully out-maneuvered the torpedo.Fighting the Royal Navy to a stand-off was considered a major victory for the Peruvians.
In the 1980's Roger Cotrina Alvarado joins the crew of the Pacocha, under the command of Captain DanielNieva Rodriguez. Roger attends school for a nuclear submarine but upon completion of his studies, there is difficulty finding an open slot. Consequently, he is offered an alternate slot aboard one of theoldest ships in the Peruvian fleet, the BAP Pacocha. He humbly agrees to take the job.
Roger would later repair the hatch on the escape trunk in an effort to occupy some free time. No one wouldever dream that this very hatch would be their lifeline to the surface in the following year.
On August 26, 1988, the Pacocha is returning from a torpedo exercise, in preperation for the UNITAStraining operations that are conducted each year in coordination with the US NAVY. She is accidentally rammed by a Japanese deep-sea fishing boat named the Kyowa Maru.
Unsure of what she hit, the KyowaMaru continues on for approximately 1 mile before stopping to investigate the situation. Meanwhile, the Pacocha sinks in 140 feet of water in less than 10 minutes.
On the way to the ocean floor,...
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