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...Skipper McVay was asleep in his sea cabin 20 feet from the bridge and wearing only his pajama tops when two torpedoes* struck the cruiser's starboard side, forward, and touched off a magazine. He ordered the navigator to send out a distress report, with the ship's position, then ran back to his cabin for his clothes...
Republican Representative Bertrand W. Gearhart caused a slight flurry when he told newsmen that the cruiser Boise, en route to Manila from Pearl Harbor, had sighted a Jap task force but had not communicated its news because the skipper had been told to observe radio silence-and saw no reason for breaking the orders...
Last week the Navy's shark-scat was a red-hot topic in Gloucester. Other fishermen, following the Angle and Florence, tried it with success. But Skipper Philip Nicastro of the Serafina N. claimed that one impetuous shark ate a whole bag of the stuff without apparent damage. One possible explanation: shark-scat (like some strong cheeses) offends the nose and eyes, but not the stomach...
After leaving Cambridge, Lt. Comdr. Abele took his place in the Submarine Service as skipper of the USS Grunion. in September, 1942, the ship was reported missing in action. A year later, with no word to the contrary received, he was "presumed lost in action." For his outstanding bravery in action, he received, posthumously, the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart Medal. He was also entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Fleet Clasp, and the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Ribbon. In his honor, the government launched the destroyer USS Mannert L. Abele on April...
...Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews, 66, onetime naval aide to three Presidents and Prince Axel of Denmark, socialite skipper of the presidential yacht Mayflower, commander of the Scouting Force, U.S. Fleet, was more recently commandant of the Third Naval District, New York...