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...true story of the U.S.S. Kearny, which was torpedoed but not sunk three weeks ago, was told from a hospital cot after she arrived at Reykjavik, Iceland, by Ensign Henry Lyman, of Ponkapog, Mass...
...scattered convoy reformed and sailed into what Ensign Lyman called "as black a night as I've ever seen." Out of the blackness came a second submarine assault...
...destroyer was swinging hard to port at the time of the hit. Ensign Lyman heard a terrible roar as the warhead bit through the Kearny's armor. The explosion killed seven men stationed in the forward boiler room on the steaming watch. Its force ripped up through the deck, wrecked the starboard wing of the bridge, knocked the forward stack back and broke the siren cord so that its shrill yowl could not be shut off. Four others disappeared, probably blown overboard...
...control of the engine room and steering apparatus, "but pretty soon we were able to steer from the second conning station. . . . We had no compass working and the helmsman steered by the flag-that is, he watched the flag to see which way the wind was blowing." Ensign Lyman and enlisted men tried to fire rockets, but two missed fire and they finally resorted to a Very pistol. Star shells burst to the south and flames from three burning tankers lit the seascape...
Thanks to her construction and the tenacity of her men, the Kearny limped safely to port. "Everyone," said Ensign Lyman, "just did his job-and two or three more. If I am torpedoed again I hope I have this crew with...