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Friday, June 1, 1973 @ 1000
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U.S.S. HUNLEY (1961-1999 Submarine Tender 599 ft (183 m) of United States Navy: 2007 Scrapped) Own Page

Two girl stowaways found on U.S.S. HUNLEY on passage from Australia to Pearl Harbor

Ship's locationBrisbane (Australia)Port of RegistryUnited States Navy

 

After a 1973 port call in Sydney, en route to Pearl Harbor, two teenage girls from New Zealand were found hiding out in one of the Hunley's missile crane control cabs, when a sailor was spotted carrying food up the ladder to the crane. Hunley was diverted to Brisbane to offload the stowaways, and the "helpful" sailors were disciplined