Word: whining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pedal twice and pushed the starter. The engine took hold instantly, and Vag's mind dwelt momentarily on the excellency of his driving machine. He slipped it into first gear and stepped on the gas. The engine raced, the rear wheels raced, but the car stood still. The low whine of wheels spinning on ice split...
...Damn it," growled Vag as he shifted into reverse. Same result, though the whine from the spinning wheels was perhaps a trifle higher in pitch. "Must be really stuck this time, he thought. "Better get help." He stuck his head out the window. The street was deserted. A helluva note thought Vag, as he again tried to rock his car off the ice. No dice...
Shortly before midnight, the Higbee's sonarman sat up straight before his dials and scopes. Through the earphones came an unmistakable, high-pitched whine. He punched a floor switch with his foot, barked out an electrifying message to the bridge. "Torpedo sounds . . . torpedo sounds...
Higbee's soundman lost the torpedo whine, but his probing sonar picked up a new contact: the metallic hull of a submerged vessel. Depth charges at the ready, the destroyer bore down on the contact. The captain ordered an uncoded message sent to CINCPAC at Pearl Harbor: "Attacked by submarine. Position: latitude 24° 36 min. north, longitude 121° 25 min. east. Am attacking submarine...
...from overhead gravity tanks poured down in slippery streams on the tilted deck plates. Steam began to fail. The whine of the turbines diminished. Despite the struggles of the exhausted engineers, the generator failed, and with it power for lights and the laboring pumps...