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... engine , shift the timing gear , then restart the engine in the reverse direction of rotation . Or more accurately , hope it would start . Sometimes it coughed , spat a time or two and died , as it had done that Christmas morning . I ...
... engine , shift the timing gear , then restart the engine in the reverse direction of rotation . Or more accurately , hope it would start . Sometimes it coughed , spat a time or two and died , as it had done that Christmas morning . I ...
Page 107
... engine at " stop , " so that when the " start " bell was rung , they could flick an igniter on the point of sparking and off she went . With an engine of such volatile temperament , it was wise to have the engineer always on ready call ...
... engine at " stop , " so that when the " start " bell was rung , they could flick an igniter on the point of sparking and off she went . With an engine of such volatile temperament , it was wise to have the engineer always on ready call ...
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... engine demanded , but a higher grade , sometimes called " solar oil . " Tipay recalls the dire results , as we cut in that tank and smoked so heavily off Carnarvon those ashore thought we were afire . " You might remember , " he wrote ...
... engine demanded , but a higher grade , sometimes called " solar oil . " Tipay recalls the dire results , as we cut in that tank and smoked so heavily off Carnarvon those ashore thought we were afire . " You might remember , " he wrote ...
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aboard Adair Admiral Hart Admiral Stark aircraft Allied alongside American anchor arrived ashore Asiatic Fleet attack Australia Bali boat bombers bombs British Camranh Bay Captain Cavite Chief of Naval CinC coast Commander in Chief Corregidor crew cruise cruisers December deck deckhouse defense destroyers Dutch East enemy engine February Filipino fire fish forces Fremantle Geraldton Glassford gunboat Hart's headed heavy Helfrich Houston intercept Island Japan Japanese Java Kimmel Lanikai later LCDR Lieutenant Commander Luzon MacArthur Madoera Strait Manila Mariveles miles Naval Operations Navy Cross night Oahu officer Pacific patrol Pearl Harbor Pecos Philippines planes President radio raid Rear Admiral Rockwell Roosevelt sail sent ship ship's Singapore skipper soon staff Strait submarine Surabaya Tjilatjap told Tolley torpedo U.S. Army U.S. Naval U.S. Navy United USS Lanikai vessel Walruff warning warships Washington wind wrote