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July, 1910 TAE MarRINE REVIEW Salving the Yucatan : HE Yucatan, a 336-ft. steel steamer of the Alaska Steamship Co.'s fleet, wrecked in Icy Strait, off the coast of Alaska, on Feb. 16, has been successfully raised after one of the most exceptional cases of salving known in the _ history room casing aft until only the and the wreckage of the broken ends of the deck frames remained. For two weeks the salvors dodged in alongside the wreck when the tide carried away the floes for a little space, working for shell © 'again. S. S. Yucatan, Looxinc Art, SHowING DECK AND SIDES CRUSHED AND BROKEN. of the The Yucatan struck a floating iceberg in Icy Strait and was put ashore at Goose Bay, where she lay submerged to her boat deck for three months, and was completely gutted by icebergs floating over her. When the Alaska Steamship Co. turned over the wreck to the underwriters, the Puget Sound Salvage Co. began preparations to raise the vessel. The salvage steam- er Santa Cruz left Seattle early in Feb- tuary and reached the wreck of the Yucatan on Feb. 19. The vessel lay with a three-degree list to port with water covering her to the bridge for- ward, and heavy pack ice over the after part. The Santa Cruz was unable to get alongside because of ice, but boat crews dodged in and out whenever the ice receded with the tide sufficiently to give them an opportunity to work. It was not until March 7, that the Santa Cruz, with her wrecking gear and big Pumps could be brought alongside. Then the ice completely covered the after Part of the vessel, the deckhouses having been carried away and everything swept clean to the house under the bridge on the forward promenade deck. The stern Was stove in and the deck frames crushed out of shape by the ice, the Surging of which soon gutted the after Part of the vessel from the engine iPacine Coase an hour or two and then hurrying back to Gull Cove, where the Santa Cruz went to shelter. Three divers went down from the steamer's boats, and had some narrow escapes. Often floating ice bore down 285 against the boats carrying the air pumps, and signals were frequently sent to the divers urging haste because of ice threatening to interrupt the air supply. During March and the earlier part of April, the divers worked under the ice alongside while boats were kept busy in the effort to keep off floating ice. The hole caused by striking ice and which necessitated beaching the steamer was but a small rupture about 1 x 3 ft. on the port bow, but the vessel was badly holed in beaching. There were bad ruptures under the engine room and in the after hold, and through one of the latter penetrated a ledge of rock. In order to get a patch over this wound, it was necessary to blast the rock away. Four cases of dynamite were used in this, the drilling being done by divers 35..ft.. below. the surface. This. was arduous and slow work, but ultimately a steel patch was made fast. Hole after hole was repaired, and a big wooden pad, 9 x 14 ft, was made fast to the damaged hull, and then the pumps were started. Five 10-in. pumps were soon at work, throwing 3,000 tons of water an hour. When the steamer lifted, it was found that the patches were not satisfactory and she was allowed to sink On May 15, the pumps were again all started and the wreck lifted and taken to Mud Bay, and soon after- ward to Hoonah, where temporary re- pairs were effected to allow of the voy- age south which, with the assistance of the tug William Joliffe and the Santa Cruz, was made without incident, and the Yucatan was placed on the British Columbia Marine Railway Co.'s dry dock at Esquimalt. Betow Deck, SHOWING DAMAGE Done By ICEBERGS WHILE THE YUCATAN WAS E y Ze ? Lyinc UNDER WATER IN Icy Strait.