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...Pompano already had a great record. Commander L. S. Parks, her skipper in the early days of the war, had won the Navy Cross and a gold star (in lieu of a second Cross) for his exploits. The Pompano stood high in the fleet of U.S. submarines that were harrying the enemy's supply line, wrecking his shipping. Aggressive, self-assured Tommy Thomas polished the record...
Such disasters were routine for the last week of Lakes shipping. What was unusual was the uneventful trip of the last ore boat to come down the Lakes. F. John Bernard Martin, 51, tall, businesslike skipper of the Benson Ford (carrying cargo for U.S. Steel because the Ford fleet has excess capacity) reported "ideal" weather on his trip from Duluth through the Soo Locks to Conneaut, Ohio, and though the Sault River buoys had already been taken in, bright moonlight made it easy for him to pick his way at night...
...midnight approached, our skipper decided that the men below might be wanting rest. He ordered the squawkbox silenced. A man telling me about that decision next day said: 'They left us with Jap torpedo planes closing in. We waited for word and waited. The uncertainty was killing...
...warship sunk-the torpedoed escort carrier Liscome Bay.* Many went down with her off Makin, including her skipper, Captain Irving D. Wiltsie, and a task force commander aboard her, Rear Admiral Henry M. Mullinnix...
Annapolis Trained. All of the flag officers who rule the waves-with one thin exception-are Annapolis trained, † That exception is Rear Admiral Albert B. Ran dall, ex-skipper of the Leviathan. No com bat commander, he is a member of the Merchant Marine Reserve and comman dant of the U.S. Maritime Service in the War Shipping Administration...