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SS ''Flying Enterprise'' was a 6,711 ton Type C1-B ship which sank in 1952. She was built in 1944 as SS ''Cape Kumukaki'' for the United States Maritime Commission for use in World War II. The ship was sold in 1947 and then operated in scheduled service under the name ''Flying Enterprise''. ==History== ''Cape Kumukaki'' was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation of Wilmington, California and launched on 7 January 1944. Delivered on 18 March 1944, she was owned by the United States War Shipping Administration and registered at Los Angeles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lloyds Register )〕 After the end of World War II, she was sold in 1947 to the Isbrandtsen Company. At this time, her name was changed to the ''Flying Enterprise'' and re-registered in New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SS Flying Enterprise (1944-1952) )〕 For the next five years, she was used as a general cargo freighter in the North Atlantic. On 21 December 1951, under the command of Henrik Kurt Carlsen, she left Hamburg, Germany bound for the USA. Among her cargo was of pig iron and of coffee, rags, peat moss, twelve Volkswagen cars, antiques and antique musical instruments, typewriters, of naphthalene〔 as well as ten passengers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The FLYING ENTERPRISE Saga Page 1 )〕 There is speculation that the cargo also included gold and zirconium〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The FLYING ENTERPRISE Saga Page 3 )〕 Four days later, on Christmas night, she encountered a storm in the Western Approaches to the English Channel.〔 Afterwards, it was discovered that she had suffered structural damage and a crack was found across the weather deck. The cargo then shifted. An SOS was issued on 28 December, by which time she was listing 45 degrees to port. British flagged vessel MV Sherborne and USS ''General A. W. Greely'' responded, Sherborne being first to arrive early on morning of 29th December, however, Carlsen was reluctant to evacuate passengers and crew to a British ship. Sherborne was asked to remain on station in case the situation deteriorated before an American ship arrived. The situation did deteriorate just as USS General A W Greely arrived mid afternoon and both ships sent lifeboats to pick up passengers and crew. The crew and passengers were evacuated〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SS Flying Enterprise (1944-1952), originally named SS Cape Kumukaki )〕 with the loss of one life (a male passenger).〔 Captain Carlsen remained on board. After passengers and crew had been evacuated MV Sherborne was released and continued her voyage to Manchester. By 2 January 1952, the USS ''John W. Weeks'' had arrived and relieved the merchant ships.〔 The following day, the tug ''Turmoil'' arrived, guided by the searchlights from USS ''John W Weeks'',〔 but found it impossible to take the ''Flying Enterprise'' in tow. The tug's mate, Kenneth Dancy, was then transferred to the ''Flying Enterprise'' on 4 January, by which time the list had increased to 60 degrees. The ship was taken in tow on 5 January, when she was some from Falmouth, Cornwall.〔 On 6 January, USS ''Willard Keith'' relieved the ''John W Weeks'' and the French tug ''Abeille 25'' also joined the rescue effort.〔 The tow line parted at 01:30 on 10 January, with ''Flying Enterprise'' south of The Lizard and from Falmouth. Later that day, the ''Turmoil'' was joined by the Trinity House vessel ''Satellite'' and the tugs ''Dexterous'' and ''Englishman''.〔 Carlsen and Dancy finally abandoned ship at 15:22 hrs and were picked up by ''Turmoil''. The ''Flying Enterprise'' sank at 16:10 hrs to whistle, siren and foghorn salutes from the flotilla.〔 The salvage attempts were criticised as the ship might have been saved by heading for the nearest safe harbour, Cork, rather than Falmouth. A public house in Cork, Ireland is named the "Flying Enterprise" after the ship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Flying Enterprise Lounge )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Flying Enterprise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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