Cinderellas of the fleet . 141. Photograph by Llulti ziiuuj & L ndciwiud. In a heavy sea or in thick weather, the Chasers frequently were mistaken for hostile subs. than on the larger vessels. There was no experienced officer aboveto direct and those below were as green as their officers. The tours of duty of these little boats frequently were from fiveto six days with but brief intervals of rest between jobs. With buttwo officers, it meant watch and watch, four hours on and four off,twelve hours on duty out of twenty-four. And in rough weather therewasnt much rest below when off watch and the
Cinderellas of the fleet . 141. Photograph by Llulti ziiuuj & L ndciwiud. In a heavy sea or in thick weather, the Chasers frequently were mistaken for hostile subs. than on the larger vessels. There was no experienced officer aboveto direct and those below were as green as their officers. The tours of duty of these little boats frequently were from fiveto six days with but brief intervals of rest between jobs. With buttwo officers, it meant watch and watch, four hours on and four off,twelve hours on duty out of twenty-four. And in rough weather therewasnt much rest below when off watch and the meals were only suchas could be prepared by holding pots on the stove as the boats rolledtheir beam ends under. In one squadron of twenty-odd Chasers therecords show that for two months the boats averaged 75 per cent, ofthe time on duty, which meant that to maintain this high average,some of them were out as much as 85 per cent, of the time. Thestrain on the crews and on the boats themselves was tremendous. The squadron th
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