Word: kestrel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kestrel, based at New London, when we received orders to proceed to Block Island. There we carried the Commandant of the Second Naval District, Captain Bryan (?), out to the Texas which was surprisingly close to the shore. For the next few days, armed with our "formidable" Three-Pounder, we patrolled the waters-or, as an Army friend put it, we "kept ourselves safe for democracy...
...kestrel poised on hovering wings...