Word: flotilla
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...bishop's sailor son, commander of the flagship of the flotilla which blockaded the Gulf ports, died with a musket ball in his head. The bishop's hard-riding grandson commanded a cavalry squadron in the Battle of Santiago, fought alongside Douglas MacArthur's father in the Philippines, died in the insurrection...
...German flotilla included five destroyers of the Narvik class, mounting five 5.9-inch guns, and six of the smaller Elbing class, with four 4.1-inchers. As a force they outweighed the British but they showed little stomach for battle. After a running fight, in which the cruisers scored several hits, the Germans split into three sections and fled. The British picked out one group of four, standing northward, and ran out the chase until three were sunk and the fourth escaped in darkness...
...Salts. The middle-aged men and able-bodied gaffers who give their time to the TR are salty as mackerels. Among them: Apprentice Seamen Lewis O. Barrows, ex-Governor of Maine; Arthur Fiedler, conductor of the Boston Pop Concerts. Faithful members of Flotilla 415 of Rockport, Mass. are septuagenarians Coxswain Dan Woodbury, ex-marine architect, Carl Green, ex-fisherman...
...outstanding flotilla is the one organized by Kenneth S. Magoon, ex-commodore of the Cottage Park Yacht Club, now a TR lieutenant (j.g.). Lieut. Magoon's flotilla has grown from 100 to 600 volunteers. Most of Magoon's flotilla patrol the Massachusetts beaches, stepping thoughtfully around lovers, eyes beamed seaward for flares, boats in distress, enemy submarines. Chunky, energetic Lieut. Magoon resents the intrusion of his State St. importing business on the long hours he devotes...
...tale of many a long week. Its gist: Adolf Hitler, looking down the pistol barrel of defeat, would neither surrender, die in battle, nor kill himself. Instead, he would gather a picked staff of Nazi Party chieftains. Wehrmacht generals and technical geniuses, then lead them in a giant submarine flotilla to Japan. There he would establish his German Government in Exile, boost Nipponese production to undreamed-of levels, and string out the war a few more years.* In due time, if all went well, the Allies would fall to fighting among themselves, their power would disintegrate, and Hitler would return...