Word: convoy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Suddenly from the lookout came a message : Enemy light cruiser sighted. Convoy. Off the starboard...
...First of all, we should permit a volunteer army to be raised here to fight on the side of the Allies," he said. "Our navy should be used to convoy every available American merchant vessel in order to carry food to France and England. Moreover, we should produce a large number of planes and train a huge corps of pilots in case Russia and Italy join Germany...
Meantime, as rescue ships reached port, stories of U-boat successes outside the convoy lanes continued to swell the grisly sea record...
...Into Bordeaux steamed the U. S. Independence Hall with survivors of the City of Mandalay, which was torpedoed as she stood by to rescue survivors of the torpedoed Yorkshire after both ships got separated from their convoy. A U-boat had followed the Yorkshire all day. When the Independence Hall hove to for its double rescue, the U-boat surfaced and its commander, in excellent English, called "Thank you!" He had killed 67 persons in sinking the two ships...
...train seals to hunt submarines. Various more practical expedients were tested-mine barriers, nets,-"mystery ships" (disguised trawlers and other craft which pretended to flee from submarines, then suddenly unmasked guns when the pursuing U-boats came close). Most effective defense against submarines was found to be the convoy. But the British wanted to hunt down the subs and destroy them. The problem was that of a blind man groping for a frog in a fishpond. So the British decided to use ears instead of eyes -mechanical and electrical ears...