Escort Carrier Photo Index: USS SANTEE (ACV
"The Weser Kurier, a Bremen, Germany, based newspaper stated in May 1960, that the Santee arrived at Bremerhaven in late May, following the Anzio, which had arrived a few months earlier. Both vessels were then scrapped at Bremerhaven."

"The German salvage tug Seefalke (24, BTW the world's first diesel-engined salvage tug) towed the Santee out of Boston harbor on Apr. 18, 1960, but ran into difficulties due to a suddenly upcoming heavy storm, during which the tow broke and the Santee drifted away."

"After frantic efforts the ship was caught again and the tow was re-installed. Because the Seefalke was damaged during these efforts, the tug needed to return to Boston on Apr. 19 to be repaired there."

"The second try took place on Apr. 30, 1960. This time, the towage process did not face any problems and, with an average towing speed of 5.5 knots, the towage proceeded swiftly and arrived at Bremerhaven 28 days later, which marked an outstanding record, as the towage of the Anzio from Boston to Bremerhaven shortly before took 37 days. During the towage, the Seefalke could even be refueled from the fuel tanks of the Santee, which had been filled before in order to safeguard that no fuel shortage would occur in case of storms or other events whilst being underway."