Cinderellas of the fleet . watches throughout the trip, gave vent tosome choice ones as, even after we were well up the line of buoys,we persisted in heading first for the white lights and then for thered. That he kept her between them is to his credit. With a strong flood tide helping us we certainly made knots upthrough the narrows and as I had never entered New York Harborfrom the sea before. Mr. Loomis, who was watching the chart, waskept jumping answering questions and laying courses to the next right answers came every time, however, and just as we crossedthe finish line we saw t
Cinderellas of the fleet . watches throughout the trip, gave vent tosome choice ones as, even after we were well up the line of buoys,we persisted in heading first for the white lights and then for thered. That he kept her between them is to his credit. With a strong flood tide helping us we certainly made knots upthrough the narrows and as I had never entered New York Harborfrom the sea before. Mr. Loomis, who was watching the chart, waskept jumping answering questions and laying courses to the next right answers came every time, however, and just as we crossedthe finish line we saw the shadowy form of Liberty veiled in mist;but always ready with her welcome to the men from overseas. Considering the hour, we crossed the official finish line at a. Meridian standard time, our reception committee if there wasone, were readily excused for their absence, and we stole up throughthe fog to the Navy Yard where we tied up just as if we hadnt beengone sixteen months. 138 THE CINDERELLAS OE THE ELEET. Harry Richardsons conception of a Chaser in a heavy sea. CllAlTEK XI THOSE WHO PATROLLED OUR COAST BlT how about the crowd who stayed at home and patrolled ourcoasts ? Few people have realized why the Germans, who hadalready demonstrated the ability of their submarines to crossthe Atlantic, gave us so little trouble on this side. The answer is thehundred-and-tens, the boats of the Sectional Patrol and a fewelderly destroyers, that made up the great bulk of the vessels patrollingour coasts. Why, at the time that the San Diego was lost off FireIsland, the Submarine Chasers under the command of LieutenantLeSauvage, Section Base No. 0, were out as much as twenty-eightdays out of thirty. For the most part they kept their stations andlistened—listened for days on end—and this is the most tedious taskthat a sailorman was ever called upon to do. Cruising in a roughsea on a boat of this kind is strenuous, but rolling about interminablywith power shut oft is madden
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