 "Unalga"'s first winter patrol was begun 30 January during a squall with hurricane force winds that iced the cutter over and threaten to sink her with the additional weight.After the starboard whaleboat was smashed by heavy seas and the radio masts snapped from the weight of ice, Captain Frederick Dodge made for the shelter of Yakutat Bay.The cutter was listing starboard at twenty degrees and the crew had to clear ice from the decks and machinery with axes and steam hoses.