The LV-50, during a storm in 1899, the chain holding it in place broke. The crew quickly set the sails and kept the vessel from grounding. After several attempts to tow the ship to safety failed the next day, the ship was intentionally grounded near Cape Disappointment. Eighteen months later, after the ship was successfully hauled 700 yards overland, LV-50 was then launched into Baker Bay in the Columbia River. In 1901 it was repaired in Portland then returned to service.