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Said the India Government: "A pilgrim ship is slow and crowded and their sailings and destinations would be matters of public knowledge. Owing to the difficulty of enforcing a blackout in a pilgrim ship [the majority of the passengers cook, sleep and live on deck] they cannot be taken in convoy with other vessels. . . . In case of anything happening to the ships the loss of life will be heavy...
...ship's smaller guns picked off the raider. Instantly a message flashed from the convoy's British commander: "Thought it not done to shoot a sitting bird." Back flashed a reply from the gunner: "Yes, but I wasn't going to have it perching on my deck...
...From deck chairs and other flotsam to which they clung, 18 people collected on a life raft. Four were children: Carol and Richard Shaw, whose mother and sister were drowned and whose father had vanished, and Mary and Robert Bell, whose missionary mother was rescued with them. Also dragged out of the sea was the torpedoed merchantman's skipper, 86-year-old Benjamin Bogdan of Brooklyn. Crowded on the raft, the 18 floated on the vast ellipse of the Caribbean. The sun beat down...
...Abandon Ship." "I can't bear to look at her," said a young ensign, 'watching from an escort. He turned his face and walked away. Slowly the York town turned on her side. Two planes clung like beetles to her slanting deck. "My God, she's going to capsize," an officer said, almost in a whisper. Then up went the blue & white flag: "Abandon ship...
...Flags Were Still Flying." Captain Buckmaster, sitting on his porch in Norfolk, Va., told the rest of the story. "At daybreak the ship had a terrible list to starboard. Her flight deck was in the water. Her battle flags were still flying. We hadn't taken them down. As she went over, they flew till they were in the water. She went down, no commotion, no explosions, no fire. She went stern first...