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...Tiki in reverse in a slightly safer vessel is the plan of a noted South Sea sailor physician who this week sets out on a 9,000 mile voyage from Wellington, New Zealand to Cambridge where he intends to study at the School of Public Health...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Sea Head Medical Officer Sails 9,000 Miles to Cambridge | 5/23/1952 | See Source »

...beginning of the maneuver, Lieut. Hoefer testified, the destroyer's captain, running on the inside of the Wasp's sweeping turn, ordered "right standard rudder," thus turning his vessel in the same direction as the Wasp. But shortly thereafter he called for "left standard rudder" and turned the Hobson toward the path of the onrushing carrier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Flank Speed | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

...Hoefer, who was officer of the deck, had "stepped to the starboard wing of the bridge and asked the captain if he had the conn," i.e., if the captain was taking over responsibility for the ship's course. "He answered, 'I have the conn.' " After the vessel turned to the left, the O.O.D. went so far as to warn the skipper that the Wasp was closing perilously fast. Tierney, he testified, did not reply, and, with the Wasp 1,240 yards away, ordered "left standard rudder" a second time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Flank Speed | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

Like the Wasp (the second carrier* and seventh U.S. naval vessel to bear the name), the 37-knot Hobson was a veteran of many a sea battle of World War II. She was racing along off the carrier's port quarter on "plane guard"-ready for rescue work in case a flyer missed his landing and crashed. Under the impact of the collision the Hobson sank almost instantly, with many of her complement of 14 officers and 223 men asleep or helpless below. Amid a glare of searchlights, the carrier's crew began rescue operations. Other destroyers raced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Death in the Night | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...carrying; some, that he never knew. One thing was certain: if the cargo lashed down in the hold of the brig Télémaque that January night in 1790 was really nails and tar, as the manifest stated, it was wrapped in astonishing secrecy. As the little vessel passed the Seineside village of Villequier on her way to Le Havre and the open sea, a cutter of the revolutionary government decided to investigate, and ordered the Télémaque to heave to. Instead, she made a break for it, and raced down the Seine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Fistful of Louis | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

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