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Page 93
... picked her way carefully through the buoyed minefield channel supposedly guarding Corregidor and was soon rolling gently on the open sea , barely making steerage way under three jibs and a foresail . The engine was secured ; the idle ...
... picked her way carefully through the buoyed minefield channel supposedly guarding Corregidor and was soon rolling gently on the open sea , barely making steerage way under three jibs and a foresail . The engine was secured ; the idle ...
Page 131
... picked up , the sky clouded over and although the seas appeared moderate , Lanikai , according to the journal , was " rolling considerably . " What could a real blow do to her ? We would soon find out . " Destination unknown " could be ...
... picked up , the sky clouded over and although the seas appeared moderate , Lanikai , according to the journal , was " rolling considerably . " What could a real blow do to her ? We would soon find out . " Destination unknown " could be ...
Page 218
... picked their way through debris , dimly lit by the blue battle lan- terns and individual flashlights . In this frightful melee , surrounded by heavy and light enemy vessels , some within a few hundred yards , Perth was opened up like a ...
... picked their way through debris , dimly lit by the blue battle lan- terns and individual flashlights . In this frightful melee , surrounded by heavy and light enemy vessels , some within a few hundred yards , Perth was opened up like a ...
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aboard Adair Admiral Hart Admiral Stark aircraft Allied alongside American anchor arrived ashore Asiatic Fleet attack Australia Bali Bataan boat bombers bombs British Camranh Bay Captain Cavite Chief of Naval CinC coast Commander in Chief Corregidor crew 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