This Lady Commands A Lot of Respect

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lo arrest the mutineers J ' In January two the Hornbeam received the Coast (luard Meritorious Unit Com mendation for rescuing the barge Michelle F , *h!ch was laden with some three million gallons of oil and was grounded at the entrance to the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge. For all of her heroics, however, this 'advcnturoQs lady of the sea devotes most of her time to the unglaniorous work of maintaining more than 90 buoys in an area that extends from the Manasquan Inlet south to the Delaware Maryland line, She is responsible for the main shipping ehan,nel in the Delaware Bay up to the Salem Nuclear Plant The respoasibilities are tremendous, ronsidering the shipping that • goes up the bay to Philadelphia and the potential environmental danger that could result from ships carrying liquid natural gas and petroleum products. TIIK MASTKR of this lady is Ut. Cmdr. Alexander .1 llindle Jr who has been ship captain,for 15 months A native of Norwich, Conn., he was commissioned in 1969 and served on other buoy tenders out of

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CAPTAIN OF the Hornbeam Is l.l. Commander Alexander J. llindle Jr. who has

been in charge for 15 months.

forehead City,' NO. before assuming command here. Commander Hindle resides in Cape May in government

quarters.

His crew consists of 54 men and a woman, Ensign Patricia Cqpfba of Annapolis, Md , who is a deck watch officer.

Seven of the crew are officers.

In treatment undeservinj^of a^adyr^he Hornbeam survives considVrable'^iunish men! durirtg the winter OneTinierTn^irv functions, at a time when most ladies eiT' joy the warmth of their homes, is to attend to the ice laden buoys in the frigid Delaware Bay..The ice damages some of the buoys and they must be pulled in jor repairs while the Coast Guard' installs, special replacements. Each buoy is valued

in excess of $20,000.

Last year the ice formed on January 11. right after ‘ the Super Bowl Wekend (remember pro football?), and the Horn beam operated under ice conditions untij Lincoln's Birthday. It returned late at night every third or fourth day to its home base and went out to the Delaware the next

morning.

••YOU WON’T believe how cold the body can get until you do that,” commented Commander Hindle. Attached to the Hornbeam is a smaller unit called ANT, the acronym for Aids to Navigation Team. This 13-member group is responsible for 725 smaller aids in the Delaware Bay and the InterCoastal Waterways. They operate in five boats that are 55 ft. long and smaller. “They are very busy and often unappreciated,” the commander said. There are dangerous times on the Hornbeam for those who take care of her. Some crew members are responsible for working on a deck from which buoy anchors weighing as much as 22,000 pounds are lowered into the water. The anchors, wavering over the crewmen's heads as the ship rolls in rocky weather, provide a potentially hazardous

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U S. Coait Guard Photo THIS COAST GUARD buoy tender. Hornbeam, is a lady who has been involved in American history.

situation. ‘ "They arc the lowest paid," Commander Hindle says from the bridge as he looks down at the anchor crew. “I believe they deserve hazardous duty pay for working down there." The Hornbeam, born in Duluth, Minn., originally sailed out of Woods Hole, Mass., was decommissioned for a major shipboard renovation in Maryland and was recommissioned v .for Cape May duty in April of 1977. There is much pride in this lady which

has earned 'E's” for excellence in both operations and engineering. When the Navy chopper crashed last June and the Hornbeam went into action, out of the woodwork emerged Hornbeam alumni who joined the crowds that flocked to,the Cape May beaches. You could tell they had been connected with the buoy tender in some form because they proudly wore Hornbeam caps. You could tell, too. they were honoring a lady who commanded a lot of seafaring respect.

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WILDWOOD — Lorraine and John Nicholas are seeing triple these days. Mrs. Nicholas gave birth to triplets at the Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital, the first triplets born there in 17 years. Mrs. Nicholas also has a four-year-old daughter and a nine-year-old stepson. Her husband celebrated the arrival of Marissa, Jesse and Justin by offering three drinks for the price of one at the Seven Seas Cafe in Wildwood which Hfe

owns. One thirsty patron said he was waiting for quintuplets. (See story inside) correction/elaboration Rrtrfru i* entouisgrd to bung tppsrtot rrrort in to our Mention by celling %7.JJIZ lor cUnhcetion

The location of the Animal Welfare •Society kennel was inadvertently listed ^ tiWeek as Green Creek: Actually it is on 47 in Dias Creek.

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