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Lanikai would have to lie at anchor overnight inside the bay ' s entrance . Ships
were allowed to transit the minefield channel only in daylight . That the minefield
was more bluff than reality hopefully was a high level secret . In a 7 October letter
...
Lanikai would have to lie at anchor overnight inside the bay ' s entrance . Ships
were allowed to transit the minefield channel only in daylight . That the minefield
was more bluff than reality hopefully was a high level secret . In a 7 October letter
...
Page 130
From then on in , it was broken field running at very slow speed , conned from my
masthead perch , twisting and dodging Farther in , an area clear of pinnacles
opened up and we gratefully let go the anchor . Or rather more accurately ...
From then on in , it was broken field running at very slow speed , conned from my
masthead perch , twisting and dodging Farther in , an area clear of pinnacles
opened up and we gratefully let go the anchor . Or rather more accurately ...
Page 258
In the Yangtze , there was a constant peril of silt piling up on a dropped anchor ,
so that when the inexperienced skipper decided to up anchor and get under way
once more , he would discover the river bottom had so built up that his windlass ...
In the Yangtze , there was a constant peril of silt piling up on a dropped anchor ,
so that when the inexperienced skipper decided to up anchor and get under way
once more , he would discover the river bottom had so built up that his windlass ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War |
| Author | Kemp Tolley |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press, 1973 |
| ISBN | 0870211323, 9780870211324 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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