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Considerable top hamper fell to the deck. The action was then broken off. The Admiral trimmed ship and hauled himself off the reef with his kedge, and stood off majestically down the corridors of the Senate Office Building...
...list of witnesses was impressive. First on deck will be officers who were on the scene at the time, i.e., Admiral Kimmel and General Short, followed by Admiral James Otto Richardson, stubborn prewar advocate of the theory that the Japs would be hard to beat, who was succeeded by the more optimistic Admiral Kimmel ten months before Pearl Harbor...
...Stole just about everything portable, including fire-hose nozzles. ¶Hacked off metal and plastic name plates identifying equipment. ¶Tried to pry up the metal plaque on the veranda deck marking the spot where the Japs' surrender was signed. ¶Scribbled "compositions" and scratched their initials on newly painted bulkheads. ¶Scarred the hard enamel of the 16-in. guns so badly that the muzzles had to be raised out of reach. ¶Set off the general alarm, which sent the cursing crew dashing to battle stations...
...youngster pulled the wrong lever; it released a two-ton life raft which crashed to the deck below, miraculously injuring nobody else. But he lost a finger in the process...
Passengers in the new ships will be coddled with air-conditioned cabins with private baths, plenty of deck space, swimming pools, and a weekly service (v. the prewar fortnightly schedule) to the Panama Canal and down the west coast to Chile. By doubling the number of sailings, Grace will carry nearly as many passengers as it did before the war. Deliveries of the new ships will begin some time in February...