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The website Aberdeen Built Ships states "Later used as a small passenger vessel between Miami, Florida and the Bahamas. Purchased by Mr Frank Griffiths of Vancouver, this vessel was used for seabed oil exploration until this vessel was wrecked at Aliford Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1969. Norango changed name in 1962-1963 to Sea Search. This vessel was converted in 1963 for a yacht to a side fishing vessel until 1979 when this vessel reverted back to the name Norango. Norango is listed in the 1968-1969 Lloyd's Register of Shipping as a Motor Survey Ship for Tri-Continental Investmewnts, Montreal, Canada. "Norango, 153-foot motor yacht owned by Tricontinental Investments of Nassau, struck rocks and sank in 40 feet of water while approaching the dock at Alliford Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Capt. Ed Phillips and the three crew members were able to reach shore in a lifeboat. (Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1969, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1975, p.71.") Raised by a Vancouver salvage team, the ship has been bought by Mr Henry Schmidt of Surrey, BC, who is having her converted to work as a trawler. (Fishing News, 1974)"