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...hour and a half before sunrise Seaman Richard Dors looked at a thermometer scale in the forward engine room and read off the temperature of the choppy Atlantic outside. It was 38°. Before the first crack of day Seaman Dors was in that cold water and glad to be still alive...
...stern of the Jacob Jones broke off and sank, leaving the center section afloat. Dozens of men were in the water, some of them looking for rafts and calling for help. Seaman Dors left his raft, swam back to the hulk, tried to cut more rafts loose. He failed. When the water reached his ankles he shoved off again, found another raft. The rest of the "Jakie" went down with a mighty explosion that tossed nearby swimmers into the air like popcorn. The sun was high in the sky when a rescue boat found the survivors: Dors and ten other...
...wide world. It is not at all rare for a beginner in a summer job to be addressed as "all you Harvard men" and to be bawled out in advance for any possible attempts to take over the establishment. And while the story about the Harvard seaman who was ordered up to polish the periscope while the submarine was submerged is probably a myth, the one about the draftee who was pelted with eggs has not yet received official denial. Apparently all went well until one morning when he was accosted by a delegation of his comrades who said...
...preoccupied with nature that he let his story go to pot. Paramount had given him plenty (Madeleine Carroll & Stirling Hayden) to work with. Beauteous Miss Carroll, once picked by enthusiastic collegians (Columbia) as the most desirable partner for a desert island, is admirably equipped for her tantalizing role. Ex-Seaman Hayden, blond and Apolloesque, is unable to make much...
Boatswain's Mate, Coxswain, Quartermaster, Signalman, Seaman, First & Second Class, Radioman, Carpenter's Mate, Shipfitter, Boilermaker, Electrician's Mate, Fireman, Yeoman, Storekeeper, Ships Cook and Machinist's Mate...