Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to WarIn early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's "The Hurricane." Crewed mostly by Filipinos who did not speak English and armed with a cannon that had last seen service in the Spanish-American War, the Lanikai was under top-secret presidential orders to sail south into waters where the Japanese fleet was thought to be. Ostensibly the crew was to spy on Japanese naval movements, but to Tolley it was clear that their mission was to create an incident that would provoke war. Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikaicould get underway. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, she was ordered to set sail for Australia and became one of the few U.S. naval vessels to escape the Philippines. In this book Tolley tells the saga of her great adventure during these grim, early days of the war and makes history come alive as he regales the reader with details of the operation and an explanation of President Roosevelt's order. Tolley's description of their escape in Japanese warship-infested waters ranks with the best of sea tales, and few will be able to forget the Lanikai's 4,000-mile, three-month odyssey. |
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... headed for thecoastof IndoChina. If you are queried by a Japanese manofwar, you are to explain you arelooking foradowned U.S. Navy patrol plane.” I had twomajor concerns: the inoperative transmitter and fresh water. Lanikai had been ...
... headed for thecoastof IndoChina. If you are queried by a Japanese manofwar, you are to explain you arelooking foradowned U.S. Navy patrol plane.” I had twomajor concerns: the inoperative transmitter and fresh water. Lanikai had been ...
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... headed the Communications Security Group, Officeof Naval Communications. Most ofthe Japanese messages were interceptedby variousstations in the United States (see appendix). A few, naturally, were missed. Army's monitoring.
... headed the Communications Security Group, Officeof Naval Communications. Most ofthe Japanese messages were interceptedby variousstations in the United States (see appendix). A few, naturally, were missed. Army's monitoring.
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... headed west. 30 November Panicky British, Dutch and Australians urged Washington to try to delay hostilities. 1 December TheJapanese cabinet secretly decided on war. A 30 Novemberintercept from Tokyoto Berlin and Romeasked themtodeclare ...
... headed west. 30 November Panicky British, Dutch and Australians urged Washington to try to delay hostilities. 1 December TheJapanese cabinet secretly decided on war. A 30 Novemberintercept from Tokyoto Berlin and Romeasked themtodeclare ...
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... headed a message “triple priority and most urgent,” warning Washington that:“British Admiralty reports twoparties seen off Cambodia Point (Pointede Camau) at3:00A.M. Londontime this morning, sailing westward towardKra14 hoursdistant in ...
... headed a message “triple priority and most urgent,” warning Washington that:“British Admiralty reports twoparties seen off Cambodia Point (Pointede Camau) at3:00A.M. Londontime this morning, sailing westward towardKra14 hoursdistant in ...
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... headed for Makassar wereTulsa, Asheville, Lark, Whippoorwill, and Seadragon. Nobody had troubled to inform theDutch at Makassar,so theycan beexcused if theywere alittle exercised overrumors thatthebetter part ofthe Japanesenavy ...
... headed for Makassar wereTulsa, Asheville, Lark, Whippoorwill, and Seadragon. Nobody had troubled to inform theDutch at Makassar,so theycan beexcused if theywere alittle exercised overrumors thatthebetter part ofthe Japanesenavy ...
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