On Dec 29, 3:52 pm, Dave wrote:
On 29 Dec 2008 13:06:01 -0600, Dave said:

They took a perfectly fine fleet tug and
put a McCann rescue chamber on deck, 4 additional Danforth anchors with
chain in stern lockers, and 4 mooring buoys on the second deck. All these
items above the CG.

Oh, I forgot the recompression chamber at the main deck level.

My father was Ensign on the DE Stewart in WW2 running from NYC to
Iceland. He said she rolled so much that they were afraid she wouldnt
stop and they had to continuously use axes to break the ice from the
topsides to keep her from being so top heavy she'd roll over.
Apparently, she was damaged so much on that run that people thought
she had sunk and were surprised when she limped into Iceland.
Fast forward many years when he was helping me deliver my new (to me
new) 28' S2 from St. Petersburg to St. Marks FL (across the northern
Gulf of Mexico). It was very rolly and we were all seasick but he lay
in the v-berth happily reading.
Now 90 yrs old, He'd still go sailing but he got Parkinsons last year.