OLYMPIC VENTURE
Our Main Training Platform
The Olympic Venture is our main vessel. A 95 foot ex-U.S. Coast Guard Cape Class Cutter formerly known as the "Cape Wash" WPB 95310
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Here are her homeports & highlights from her career in the U.S. Coast Guard:
From 1954 to 1964, the Cape Wash was stationed at Alameda, CA. Where she was used for law enforcement (LE) search and rescue (SAR).
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On 25 October 1960, she towed wreckage of Leaky Teaky to Yerba Buena Island.
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On 26-27 October 1961, she assisted M/Vs Hoegh Cape and Waitermata following a collision 13 miles west of Bodega Bay.
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On 19 November 1962, she assisted the grounded F/V Pelican at Half Moon Bay.
From 1964 to 1967, she was homeported at San Francisco, CA.
From 1968 to 1981, she was stationed at Monterey, CA.
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In April 1980, she assisted the disabled tanker Austin off Morro Bay.
From 1982 to 1987, she was stationed at Morro Bay, CA.
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On 22 February 1983, she assisted in the rescue of students from the capsized charter boat San Mateo outside Morro Bay.
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On 18 May 1983, she helped transfer oil from a leaking barge 30 miles west of Lopez, CA.
She was decommissioned on 1 January 1987 and transferred to the U.S. Navy. She was based at Submarine Base Bangor and saw service as a "Personnel Transfer Boat" (PTB) and given the hull number 951 (95-footer, boat #1).
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In 2012 Ship 51 found the need for a new training vessel and was able to acquire the Olympic Venture from the navy after being listed as government surplus. Read the full article in Palo Alto Online.
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