https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=jvrRlaHg2sAC&dat=19691227&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Munition Ship Burns, 25 Crewmen Missing"], Milwaukee Journal, December 27, 1969, p1 The 459 feet long ship had picked up its cargo from the Bangor Base, Washington, near Seattle, and was en route to Da Nang in South Vietnam.