Three Men Adrift In Boat 14 Days
Safely Heme After Intensive Search
Three sailors missing since Sep- Island in an 18 foot converted
♦ember 1 when they left Kodiak whale boat, returned aboard the
On a hunting trip to Afognak Naval Station Wednesday and
ALL SMILES AGAIN—The three wives of the men who were adrift
in a boat for 14 days smile again as they are reunited with their
husbands. Left to right are Mrs. Gary Crawford, Mrs. Louis Sparks
and Mrs. Robert Hoylman.
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were united with their wives that
afternoon. The three men, un
shaven but otherwise little the
worse for their experience, had
been adrift in their partially cov
ered craft for 14 days. They were
in sight of land at all times, they
stated. They attempted to attract
the attention of passing aircraft,
and nearby boats, but without re
sult. At the continual mercy of
wind and tide, the boat drifted
close to land at one time, but
drifted out again before the men
could land.
A four-day search involved Coast
Guard vessels Bittersweet and
Storis, a INavy crash boat, CG and
Navy planes, and an Alaska De
partment of Fish and Game Grum
man Goose, as well as commercial
aircraft.
The three men, Louis H. Sparks,
ACT2, Robert L. Hoylman, ACT3,
and Gary S. Crawford, PN2, left
Kodiak September 1 in and 18 foot
converted whale boat, presumably
on a hunting trip to nearby Afog
nak Island. They carried a 10-day
supply of food with them. The boat
was powered with a 40 h.p motor,
with a 10 h.p. outboard as a spare.
Families of the three men all
reside in (Kodiak. The Sparks and
Crawfords live at Pratts Trailer
Court and the Hoylmans at Fuller
Apartments.
In the search more than 16,010
miles of sea and shoreline had
been covered by various craft.
Fishing boats in the area had been
alerted.
Sparks is from Baltimore, Mary
land; Hoylman from Murphy, Ore
gon; and Crawford is from Vista,
Calif.
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Rep. Rivers listed his vacancies
as follows: West Point, one vac
ancy: Naval Academy, three vac
ancies: Air Force Academy, one
vacancy: and, Merchant Marine
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WARM WELCOME—Robert Hoylman receives a warm welcome from
his wife when he returned from his ordeal at sea.
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