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Her services also included the second expedition of Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] to [[Antarctica]], and again to the southernmost continent in 1941 to evacuate Americans at the beginning of World War II. She later served in patrol duty off the coast of Greenland for the [[United States Navy]]. Between some of these missions, she was a museum ship in Oakland, California and starred in the 1930 film version of Jack London's ''The Sea-Wolf''. | Her services also included the second expedition of Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] to [[Antarctica]], and again to the southernmost continent in 1941 to evacuate Americans at the beginning of World War II. She later served in patrol duty off the coast of Greenland for the [[United States Navy]]. Between some of these missions, she was a museum ship in Oakland, California and starred in the 1930 film version of Jack London's ''The Sea-Wolf''. | ||
After World War II, ''Bear'' was returned to use again as a sealing vessel. Finally, in 1963, 89 years after she had been built, while being towed to a stationary assignment as a floating restaurant in Philadelphia, Bear foundered and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles (160 km) east of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. | After World War II, ''Bear'' was returned to use again as a sealing vessel. Finally, in 1963, 89 years after she had been built, while being towed to a stationary assignment as a floating restaurant in Philadelphia, ''Bear'' foundered and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles (160 km) east of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. | ||
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In 1963, while in tow by the tug Irving Birch to Philadelphia, Bear foundered about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) east of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, at 42°40′N 065°11′W. She went down early in the morning of 19 March 1963 after a gale struck and severed the tow line. The mast collapsed and punctured the hull, causing the sinking. Her crew of two were rescued by Irving Birch. | In 1963, while in tow by the tug Irving Birch to Philadelphia, Bear foundered about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) east of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, at 42°40′N 065°11′W. She went down early in the morning of 19 March 1963 after a gale struck and severed the tow line. The mast collapsed and punctured the hull, causing the sinking. Her crew of two were rescued by Irving Birch. | ||
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