Originally Posted by
West Coast
Can you elaborate on the “sinking” of the Saratoga dockside?
I only know what my Uncle told me and that is not much. Fortunately Mayport was not that deep so she only rested on the bottom a few feet below the waterline. Divers were able to close the sea chest and they pumped her out. A bit of clean up and maintenance and she was good as new (only about two years old at the time) with a new Captain and several officers.
[edit] Upon reading the link from TWT it may have been the incident in 1958 since the timing is close, but my Uncle never mentioned an explosion.