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...destroyer about 75 yards ahead. . . . I managed to propel myself forward and hang on to a ladder, safe, but so spent I couldn't pull myself up. At that moment a life raft drifted against the destroyer's side. It banged my head against the warship and I cried out time and again: 'Stop it. You're killing...
...battleship controversy. Said he: "Anyone who thinks the battleship is passé simply has not studied the progress of naval war in the last two years. The battleship is vulnerable to air attack and must be protected by aircraft. . . . I'm not a diehard who thinks that any warship can be built to withstand air attack, but I am a die-hard who thinks that the final showdown will be ships of the line against ships of the line, aircraft being equal." The burden of the Navy's new 150,000 tons will put a terrific strain...
...ascended. One citizen who was driving past the naval base saw the first bomb fall on Ford Island. Said he: "It must have been a big one. I saw two planes dive over the mountains and down to the water and let loose torpedoes at a naval ship. This warship was attacked again & again. I also saw what looked like dive-bombers coming over in single file...
...service, fired 4,000 shells, not lost a man. The first salvo from the German ship caught the Sydney, apparently not suspecting that she was dealing with an enemy ship, in the fire-control tower. But the Steiermark, only a converted merchantman, was no match for the Australian warship. After a few salvos the Germans abandoned their flaming ship and took to their boats. The Sydney, damaged and apparently fearful of torpedoes, steamed quickly away without picking them up. In a few days the Germans were rescued, but the Sydney was not sighted or heard from again. Somewhere over...
...first great undeclared war in U.S. history. There was no sign of strain on his features. Quietly he said that reporters already had the Navy Department announcement; there was no further comment. Would the U.S. break off relations with Germany? Would this first actual sinking of a U.S. warship affect the international relations of the U.S.? No, said the President, with smoke-ring calmness...