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Updated: May 14, 2025
What happened while with him and at the naval base I have tried to tell as separate incidents when I can, in the chapters which follow. We were one of a group of American destroyers convoying a fleet of inbound British merchant steamers. The messenger handed a radio in to the bridge.
A peek through the periscope while she was up disclosed further evidence of the breeze tossing white crests, two coasters hustling for harbor under short sail, an inbound fisherman with reefed mainsail making great leaps for home. Looking through the periscope so, it was easy enough to understand the feeling of power which might well come to the master of a submarine in war time.
Yet the man's gaze fell for a moment lovingly on each species of cactus and desert vegetation; his look was that which dwells in the homesick eyes of a traveler when he sees his native land from the deck of an inbound ship. "Hoss, we're home!" he said aloud, while the animal pricked up its ears.
The sailor instinct is strong in them, and they bring their barks alongside the dock or the stranger with a pleasant hail and without a jar. As the silver-toned Lisbon bell of the Unitarian church tower dominates the sounds of the town so the gilt dome of this church tower dominates the town to the eye of the inbound mariner, as he swings round Brant Point.
Then the ship went on, and, as she met no inbound craft, Quinbey was forced to go with her. But she did not round Cape Horn. A strong current threw her onto the Patagonian coast near Cape Virgins in a dead calm, and a sudden gale of wind and heavy sea ground her to pieces.
My father hailed the steamer's small-boat, inbound with the mail, to know if the doctor was in verity aboard; and the answer, though but half caught, was such that they bent heartily to the oars, and the punt gave a great leap and went staggering through the big waves in a way to delight one's very soul.
Carried by an inbound current, the longboat reached the island in a matter of moments. We disembarked, and thinking it best to abide by the Canadian's instincts, we followed Ned Land, whose long legs threatened to outpace us. Ned Land went westward up the coast; then, fording some stream beds, he reached open plains that were bordered by wonderful forests.
"Thank you for your good work. Best of luck." Frank picked it up. "Set course 188 degrees. Keep lookout for inbound transports to be convoyed. Ten ships." Again the destroyer swung into line. It was almost seven o'clock after dark when the lookout aboard the Plymouth reported: "Smoke ahead!" Instantly all was activity aboard the destroyers.
By remaining in camp and fishing another day, we should, at this rate, be able to dry nearly enough trout to see us through to Lake Disappointment. We were as happy and as free from care as children. Our great success here made us feel sure that down below, where we had caught so many fish on our inbound journey, we should again get plenty all we should need, in fact and our safety seemed assured.
The sudden appearance of an inbound steamer out of a haze that had arisen to the east necessitated immediate full speed. Riley was in charge of the engine room, but Sampson stood at the hatch exercising an unofficial supervision; and it was he that received Jenkins' thundering request for more steam.
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