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VIGILANCE - ON LOOKOUT

EAM EN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK

Vol. XXXVII No.5 MAY. 1946 TI-IIS :\10NTII'S COYER; 011/ of Ih" FO!J "Tanker out of control The Lookout on port bow," the vigilant lookuut t~lephon~ " to the uO'iccr un the brid~e. Evcr alert, this mer chant seaman amI hi .,hipmatc t ransport mountains of supplic:; to every port UIl the g lobe. In ,pite of the age-old hazards 01 ytixXVIl May, 1946 No.5 the sea-fog, storm, fi re and colli iUIl , th.:y carryon. Cuul'-:('sy-U'rslcnJ Elcdric COmpOJIY, hIe, ....=== From the pa illlillO by AlltOll alto Fis"''''r SKIPPER, A Liberty Hound By John E. White. Lt., U.S.M.S.*

KU'PER was a liberty hound ii I ever saw one. He had ,ig5ned on al;d off of a,s t?anylships a I ha\·c. ~"1e wa as mt!mate y ac- V O L. XXXVII, MAY 1946 uaintcd wIth such exotIc ports as PUBLISHED MONTHLY q badan. Basrah, Korrams~ar and by the Bandar-i- hapur and prosaIc ports SEAMEN'S CHURCH like Swansea, Rotterdam and Naples INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK a' is the saltiest of salt-water sea­ CLARI!NCE G . MICHALIS men. President ~ THOMAS ROBERTS kipper wore all the war area Secretary and Treasurer ribhons and a combat bar. He REV. HAROLD H . KELLEY. D.O. hould have had the Mariners DirC':ctor MARJORIE DENT CANDEE. Editor ~ledal and Distinguished ervice POLLY WEAVER, A'lOCl.te Editor Medal. But kipper was a bull­ $1.00 per year lOc per COP) terri or and tho e decorations are Gifts of $5.00 per year and over not given to dogs. include a year's subscription to "THE He belonged to Captain A L. LOOKOUT". Gavin and he saved the captain's life E,II. red ns stco"d c/ass mailer ltdy 8. 1925, ot Nnu Y ork, N . Y ., ""dt r Iltt ael of when he " 'as master of the S / S­ March 3. 1879. Alcoa Pioneer. COl/drs)' CaN. A. T.. (,'01'1';11 Address all communications to It was just a few days short of SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK the Persian Gulf when rhe ship was tain's face and the captain con­ attacked hy Japanese suhmarines in sciou but unable to get up. The hip 25 SOUTH ST .• NEW YORK 4. N. Y the Indian Ocean. T elephone BOwling Green 9·2710 was later beached in hallow water .\ formidable explosion sent in the Persian Gulf. hrapnel flying and ricocheting in :Months later, back in the United all directions. A jagged piece of steel tates, Skipper \\'as taken to a ~uried itself in Skipper's back cau - veterinarian and the piece of steel mg paralysi in his hind-quarters. ~uurtuury WH. removed from his back. .\ short Captain Gavin was knocked uncon- time later he wa a. good on his o God, Who dost show Thy wonders to those who go down to CiOllS and su ffered several broken ribs. feet as e\·er. the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters, we implore 1 met Skipper on the S IS Ed­ for the Merchant Marine which we honor on this National Maritime Skipper dragged his half-useles ward RichardsOIl. The captain was Day, Thy benediction and guidance. b?dy to his master's side and licked his adored ma ter. :\ L. Gavin. Deepen in all maritime leaders a sense of responsibility and inspire hI; face and harked until the man But Skipper exacted a price for his harmonious cooperation between capital, management and labor, stirred. This slight movement of his loyalty. He insisted upon. and was enabling all to prosper as they render proper service to our citizenry Ir~~ter put Skipper in a frenzy of allowed to, sleep in the captain's and to the world. c Ing and barking. bed. He 'was the pride and pet of As the ships traverse the oceans with which Thou hast bound tb th At la t the attack was over and all the seamen and was jut as much continents and the isles together may they continue as envoys of the . llhmarine left what they at home in the bed of the C"hief en­ oug-ht was a inking ship to it enduring peace. d00111 . gineer or a wiper. Rank meant We ask this in the name of Thy Son, our Master, Jesus Christ. nothing to him. y Officer and eamen came to in­ His favorite pa time was barking Amen. a e ttgate Skipper's frantic barking at and chasing the stream of water National Maritime Day, May 22, 1946 nd f()unel him . till licking the cap­ from a fire hose when the sailors II - ","hcr . . 1, lisls mId IVrile,.s Clll b. wa shed c10\\'l1 the deck. The salt water al way made ilim 'iL'k hut he cabin. he. found Skipper ~U1.·lcll IIp wouldn't top. Iln hls plllo\\'. J Ie gave Sklpper a BOOKS ARE "SPACE SHIPS" push :aying, "Coll1e on Skip, gel One day on the way home from By Captain Jo hn S. Conaghan* France \ ith a load of troops the uut oi there. 1'111 sick too !" 'kip_ captain wasn't feeling well and pent per didn't budge. He seemed potency of Ilabanero. to the "alne U < )J(S at ea! )'lan, dear man. the day in bed. The sailors wcre strangel y ·ti H. •\ worried Illok ot ace hack-a-da-hack. crusset! the captain's face. lIe tlll'Y are th~ \yine. \Vol~len and washing down the decks and Skip­ B'-i Ill" of our lel 'ure hours. 1 hey are c\re you interested? ::-\ either am 1. per wa. having the time uf hi ;; life. prodded his pet again. I Ii::, fear wa~ ;I:e ~lagic carpet the winged an­ Let'. get out. \\'e can go to Scot­ chasing the \\·ater. \ \'hen he had all realized. (raJlant Skipper was dead. clals, the seven-league boot~ that land. or Verona. or the high hills he could take he went up to hi , Editor's j\, ulc: Captain Gavin. recently was awarded the ).[crchant )'Iannc Dis. will carry a l~lan to the clOlstered beyond r abul. Stop i us sing ! You ~mlster's cabin and promptly hopped tingui 'hed ' en'icc ),1 eelal for valor elm. ha ll s of Jcarmng or the . heltereel need neither ticket nor tie. COl11e as IntLl bed heside him. llc was wet ing the ddcn. c of the SS Alcoa Piul/Cl'r h\'J1aths oj Romancc. you are. ::\lan, l go 'Oll1ewhere every and cold and Gavin sh()\'l,t! him when the freighter wa. attacked by Jail. . Step ahoard. and I ']] tn' to . how night. Somewhere where there's no back to the deck. Skipper gave his ancse plane. off Leyt.:. \\' e asked aptain Gavin whether he \tlll what I mean. :'IIaria. 1 labanern, or aces hack-a-da­ master a dirty look and with a has another dog. Ile replied: "Skipper . The signatures arc yello\\' on the back. grunt ettled himself on the settee. was a great e10g anel I feel his loss artic](,~ . the hip's botto111 i foul, dCl'ply. I haven't a, yet another dog and Hoolls are spacl!-slti/>s childn'lI That e\'ening Captain Ga\'in tl'lllpl'r~ are ragged and the nausc­ although I have swurn I would nC\'c r call /Iy. came dOWJl to the sal lion for sup­ (,u,;. mephitic odors of Port 'aiel have another onc. I feel that I am w eak­ ... In '39 the legions marched. per. \\'hen he wcnt hack to hi .- Clllllg "\Try time I pa;;; a pct >hop." IItTend hoth taste and smell. In the . \ nd the coastwise trade was shot. Jlllrt fo'c' Ie there are eighteen men and a hook. One book: Brown's lily ship is in icily awaiting ;\alllical .\llllanac for the veal' 1916. C011\'O\' to Port Said. r~st Longi­ SINBAD, COAST GUARD'S FAMOUS MASCOT ),rice 2 6. . tude r,. strange territory to 1110St of my crew and their questions are I I I'~ ama2ing adventures o[ Sin­ years aboard the Ca1/lPbell and i~ " I{ig J uck" MacKenzie tamp. the bad. the mongrel ma. cot of the a legendary figur on the sen:n g- Ill\\'ing- coal into his pipe ancl opens many and varied. I'm the numher I one ailor now, so I turn lecturer. Cuast Guard cutter Call1pbe'', and seas. i known around the world "The Book". one of the world's mo ·t iamou dogs, irolll Greenland-where he nC'arh "\Yhat is the course from .\il a \ Vith a large cale chart of the ha\'e been collected in a Illlllk, ". in­ caused an international incident-to Craig to . \ rd 1'0 san?" he booms, :'Iediterranean area on the bulk­ had oi the C()a"t Guard". I\'ritten h\' . \frica I\' her' he was the CTuest at the Fllr the older men, far from their head \\'e sail with Phoenicians, George F. Foley. Jr., Chid 'pecial­ Sultan' Palace. He was in Toho familiar run. the nightly matching Romans, Greek, and Arabs around i;;t SCGR published recently hy a few days after the signing of the of \\'it. ha started. For me. 16 and across that fabled sea! We visit Dodd l\fead & Co. terms by the Japanese. years old and 18 months from home, the Colossus of Rhodes and the \rrlro.xll1 means the clean sharp Pharo~ of .\Iexanclria, the cataracts Sinhad. who ha,; ~erved eight Probably the 1110 t decorated dug in the servicc . . Sill had held the rank tang of majestic seas rolling in of the ~i l e and the Pillars of Her­ of Chief Dog in the Coast Guard. assault against the Lighthouse Pier. cule . \Ve trek with the Children of \\'henever he vi. its Ireland. the and the hard square hand of my Israel across the deserts and through Belfast newspaper runs a notice in fn,.,ter. father lendinO''" couraO'e'" to my the hills, then stand be ide The its columns. He top traffic when­ tl!110rou. ne s. Man on the shores of Galilee. e\'er he C0111e. to ew York and Haclio? ... phui! Movies? . . . Space and time are forgotten. For Hoston and has eYen appeared on ll llt S. "The Book" is memory. To one hour and forty minutes I weave net\\'ork radio programs. each man according to hi own' soul : a tapestry with threads spun from The book tells the full story at ·turms fought and bested. lips kissed books that I have loved and lived Sinhacl's exploits from the da)' he h.llt not forgotten. or the quieting with through a hundred thousand hoarded the Call1pbell in 1937 unti l 111lk with home to a lonelv lad. pleasant hours. the heroic action by the cutte r . The years roll on. I'v~ come up Books are the 'Open Sesame" to III the world and the shelf beside against the ~azi wolf pack when six that paradise where the satyrs dance --boats were sent to the botto!l1 · llly bunk holds six books: Shakes­ with the dryads and uhe budget is Sillbad's part in this hattIe made peare. Scott, Burn, Kipling. Web­ always balanced. him a national hero. st('r. and the Bible. \Ve are aboard a tanker - Tampico to North of The hook also gi \'es a complete I~attera - and the lingua franca pictlll'e of Ii i e aboard a Coast Guard Please send books to the ~I.I the fo'c' Ie is a mixture of Span­ cutter in \\'ar and peace, for in­ ~h, Greek English and Portuguese. CONRAD LIBRARY had is most at home when jut one rl he. conversatio.n "eer from the 25 South Street, of the gang riding out a storm on la ll11S of lUana Cuhana. to the New York 4, N. Y. the heaving deck oi thl' CUlI/pb eli. 11"mbr" Artists and W,.iters C/l/~. 2 HULL NO. 803 Seamen's By Gordon Fraser, Radio Opera+or* Prize Winning N Camp Tophat, near at the ship. She was slightly rusty, ,. • Antwerp, Roland \. somewhat weatherbeaten, but there Photographs Thibault toad in line was no doubt of her being a 'Lib­ ~ '> with a hundred and erty·. Thibault recognized the lines. Winners in the Photography Cont.,. I thirty other Gl's as the just as he would recognize the lines sponsored by the Seamen's Church In. tr\lcks which would take them to of a mass produced car. The 'Lib­ stitute of New York for men of th, the cl ock came rumbling up. erties' were all alike, same lines, Merchant Marine were: SCENIC CLASS. "1 hear we're going back on a same size, everything the same and Herbert W. Butler, Purser, 1st prix,: they had rolled, or rather slid. off Bernard Bovasso, Messman, 2nd prix. : 'Liuerty'," the man beside Thibault ob!ien·ed. as they mQ\'ed toward the the production lines of a dozen Paul Aaron, First Assistant Engineer, 3rd ship-yards throughout the country. prize. trtlcks that now stood waiting to load pas engel's. . n amazing feat of mass production In the PEOPLE classification winne" that had helped hammer the \ \' ar were: L. Aronson, 1st and 2nd prit". "I'd be willing to take a chance on T.orcls down to lltter defeat. Paul Aaron, 3rd prize. ' a tuh. as long as I can make it back. .\ s he went up the gangway, Thi­ In the ANIMALS class: Cecil Stewart, I came uver on a transport, along hallit glanced up at the name board Waiter, 1st prize; Matthias Antz, Jr., with ix thousand others, and it on the bridge and read: \VILLIAM Ensign, 2nd prize; Jim McCrory, 3rd wasn't fun. \Vith just the few of us, PEPPEH ELL. The name meant prize. a 'Liberty' is O.K with me", Thi­ nothing, but it was a ship, and he Judges were Anton Bruehl, com mercial hault rl'plied as he climbed into the photographer; Mabel Scacheri, p hotog. \\"as on it. bound for home. Even truck. raphy editor, New York World Tel •. the fact that it would mean fifteen gram; and Dr. I. Schmidt, official Mini a· On the way to the dock nhe trucks days at sea could not dampen his ture Camera Club. made too much noise for conversa­ spirits. tilll1. su Thi'bault thought back over At the companion-way leading tll'lI \,ears and three thousand miles. down into number three hatch, Thi­ Illtll;cti on into the Army; ba ic hault glanced aft towards the bridge. First prize in scenic class: training, then overseas on a trans­ Herbert W. Butler, Purser. An o\'al, bronze plate caught his port loaded to the gunwales \\'ith eye. G I 'so X 0 smoking after sundown; two meals a day; bunk set ix SOUTH PORTI .. \ D high, with, it seemed to him, the SHIPB 'TLDIXG CO:MP . \~\' ickl' ." t men in the top bunks. It had HULL )JU~IBER 803 been a thoroughly unpleasant trip and he had been glad to land in " Hey!" Thibault called excitedly England. to the other GI's a they went down Then the jump across the channel the ladder, "I helped hllild this ship! t~1 .'ormandy ; the sweep acro s I ll~ed to line IIp the steel plates of }. rance with the 8th Infantrv DiYi- the deck houses. Thi i one of the ion. on into Luxembourg; to Ger­ ship. I worked on hefore I 'Yellt into many and once again back to Nor­ the Army!" First prize in animals class: mandy, and now he wa on his wav. L'nll1indful of the other men as Cecil Stewart, Steward. The last lap was coming up. aJid they pushed past him, Thibault ~uburn, Maine, had never seemed quite so good as it did at this gazed in surprise and woucler at the Illom ent. "'Liberty Ship'? Better name plate hefore him. The ;;hip he than it liner, a 10nO' as it O'ets me had built \\"as no\\' ready to take hol1le," Thihault tholwht t>a the him home! truck slowed down as t11ey entered the dock area. I' .\. the men took their places in lIIe on the dock. Thihault looked • Ifrmb,;, Artisls aJla W,.ilers CII//." 5 ------~,....----"TRc FEIIOWSHIP OF STARS" THE CAPTAIN BLEW HIS BUGLE \\ I'~ ).'(!u cn..:r. stood (In t 11 l' Images and/or text cannot be By Orriz R, Contreras* I-l leck ol a hIp and mar· displayed due to copyright 0\\' that the shooting at sea is l'llL~d t() ce the millions of restri cti ons over, I like to recall one of the \ ,rs-tllore than you can sel' N . I j? '1'1 ~t,l \'(lU lc most unusual skippers 1 e\'er sailed \\ IIl 'II . arc on ane. under. '. 'll'C a!"'a\'s there but \'011 1'\ I " l,/ • He was a good Captain, and hi Jc',n't Sl'C them l)ecausc ~)r the crew were loyal, for he won their -.Illc,kc and dust of the cIty. respect both ~s an officer and a a \ \·"ung- 11Ierchant seaman friend. But there \I'a one little thing

On many a night the watch at the ,,'hy I'm stud \'ing celestial DrO':(';J1fl h)t Ror/.:wrll Kent wheel would groan in angui. h when na\:igation in 'your School. 1Ilg- \y orlel tradc routes, slightly recognizable trains of :.: ext t ri p I'll take books a Ild The Merchant :vI a r i 11 e "Chow Call", "Reyeille", or "Taps" "wch' \\'hen off duty. Thcn T School on the top floor of the \I'ere penetrating into the \\'heel­ call -take my exam to becomc house. But he wa. the ~J a. ter and Institute is one of the educa­ a third 111ate." .0 we had to grin and bear it. Some­ tional facilities maintained t~) how or other I got a kick out of Thi: young man is one 0 ( impro\'e the standards and to his progress \",itb the bugle. It still many \\'ho have decided to stay bolster the morale of the Mer­ wasn't 111uscial, but he 1(1(1S improv­ ill the ~rcrch ant \[cu'ine, to sail The Old Man Was Practicing Sca les chant Marinc. Other facilitie ing. It there's a will, there 11/11.11 he the ~hiJls that a rc re-e:tablish- include the Conracl Library a way. Only time could tell, and Images and/or text cannot be which ha. oYer 9,000 YOlU111eS we had plenty of that. very fam ili ar to our cars. One of displayed due to copyright restrictions and \\'hich send - books aboard It was on just such a night when the ,\ B's who came from a long ships : and the .\rtists and the Old Man was practicing- cale line uf Army men yelled out. "It's that the] erries decided to get rough. the "}{etreat", iellows!" \\Tritcrs Club which encotlr­ age, seamen arti t and w riters You guessed it. Before we could . \nd retreat \\T elid! Quickly the with talent. say .. Bugling Betsy" the ship was liieboats were 10\\'erecl and we macle rent apart by a "tin fish". \Vhen \' oluntan- contributions help our e cape. lt wasn't long before there was no hope of alvaging our to support' the educational, we were . potted by a l\'a\'y plane ship, the crelY thought of ahandon­ recreational, social , ervice, ancl then re cucci. In all our excite­ ment hut stood by waiting for the health and religious sen-ices ment we had completely forgotten Skipper's oreler. Precious econds pro\'ided at '25 South Street" elap ed hut still they heard nothing. the bugle. But not the Captain! Hi .; for acti\'e merchant seamen 0 f Up on the bridge the l\ faster wa' Mates saved the scxtant. paper and al1natiolla!ities. in formed that the General larlll chrnnollleters, but held close in his Pleasc send contributions to system was out of order. lTe thought arms ",as our life-saving bugle and Vvays and Means Dcpt., Sea­ fast. a very wet and soiled copy of men' Church Institute of ew Suddenly, we heard something "HOW TO PL.t\ Y THE BUGLE BOW LOOKOUT York, 25 South Street, Ne,,· '..l/rmbt·r, Arfists a"d U-' rit(~ r.( CI"b. BY EAR". l"'on'inq b)' Rorh",'11 Kent .·lmcrira1l Export Li1JeS Col/ecfion York -t, _ . Y. b 7 Gll\'c1ll11 Halllt11ersle," in 111 1ll­ WAR (lfY of her l1U 'bancL a member (I( the In ·titute's Board trom MURAl 1013 to 19..J.2 and .on of J. CHO SEN I [l)oker Hammersley, Esq., a tm~ 1llber from 1873 to 1900, FOR Sketches for the mural sub­ INSTITUI mitted in the contest were on L'=-:hibiti on at the, \rchitectural LOBBY League, ~ Tew York, for a week. The .econd award of $250 ,,'cnt to Edward Biberman and the third awarcJ of 150. t() L. to r. Allyn Cox and Helen Treadwell of the National Society of Mural :\ina Barr 'Vheeler. Painters; Edmond Fitzgerald, first prize winner, Nina Barr Wheeler, third prize winner. end C. G. Michalis, President of the Institute. The Jury of A ward included Clarence G. Michali, Presi­ dent of the Seamen's Church Jomes Fitzgerald receives from Clarence G HE Kational Society of .\" ational :I'Iuseu111 and in the Instit ute; lex-aneler Victor, a the $5000 first prize in the contest for ~ ,,~ Tl\f ural Painh' rs announces Tnternational Dusiness Ma­ nnard mcmber of thc Tn . ti­ mural design. the winners in its competition chines collection. and he ha, tute: .\l1yn Co=-: . President of for designs for a war mural murals in the Post Office the :-rat iO t1Cl I Society of 'Mural current work on exhibition: painting to be mounted in the Buildings at Ontario, Oregon : Painters: J. Scott '\"illia111s. and Phil May, well-known main lnbb,' of the Seamcn's Coh'ille, " 'a. hing-ton; and Illember of the Society; James merchant seaman "pen-pres­ Church In 'titute of :\ew York. Preston. Jdaho. :\[ackenzie, member of the, \r­ sioni t·'. Edmond James Pi tzgerald mm The fir~t prize wa $3.000. chitecturaI L eague ; Francis \\'ork on the ~Iural will be­ fir. t prize for hi s design. He which includes e=-:ecution of the Keely. member of the Archi­ gin in the Fall. sen'cd during the war as a mural, this to be a tribute to tectural League; Barry Faulk­

Licutenant-Coll1mander in the the merchant seal11en of the l1er. member of the ~ationaI I selected the Invasion of Normandy as C'. S. Xa\·Y. Some or his paint- United Nations who lost their ~nciety of Mural Painter : my subject for the Mural in tribute to the men of the Merchant Marine in World War 111g-S are in the Seattle ' rt li\'es in 'Vorlel 'Var n. The Helen Treadwell. member of \I for five reasons. \JusC U1l1. the " ' hite H ou. e. mural is given by Mrs. L. the Society and in charge of I. The Invasion of Normandy was the greatest water,borne invasion in history. 2. Of all the great operations of the war involving the men and ships of the Merchant Marine. D,Day at Normandy is the most symbolic of their vital part in the victory. 3. The armada that crossed the channel and stormed the French coast was in large part Merchant Marine. The Armies and Navies of the Allied Nations deserve all possible glory, but we must not forget their comrades, the men of the Merchant fleets. 4. In no other battle was the United Nations' combined might more dramatically displayed. Flags of many nations whipped at the mastheads of 4,000 ships that day. 5. Also, I happened to be there.

Edmond Ja",es FitzgeralJ I.t. COlll nwnuer. t'. S. Navy Prize winning design for ~

D SHIP NEWS HAZARDS OF THE SEA the .\mcrican ~hijJ from Kristialhl1l1d, accompanie ' thi' medal, which is SCHOONER BLUE NOSE LOST " SEA BREEZES " RESUMES L\~ll',\. Fla., Jan. 30 (A').-The two­ Xorway. The William L. David,on i j operated by the United State War PUBLICATION equivalent tu the Purple leart. * Illa,tcd sC}lOuncr BIll/! X OSC, once a Shipping Admini,tration. The British magazine, "Sea Dn:eze ", ~Irs. Ruby Larsen, \\'hu,;e hus· f;IIJled raCl!lg ,:essel, ha~ been lost off kno\\ n to seamen and yachtsmen all O\'er hand, Captaln .\!fred C. Larsen, tht' ena,t ut I.laltl. he: OWIW~'S were notl­ LIBERTY SHIP AFIRE tht: \\'Ilrld, ha" re', UJlll'cl puhlication. , n gave his Ii ie ior hi ' country, very tied tntlay. G"org~ j •. ~lI1hk~n ,ald he Balboa, Canal Zone, Feb. II (,4')­ intcrl',ting article in the ~Iarrh i" ue \\,;1, kindly 'em us a copy of the citation: 11IItifil'U the vc",e1 ,truC'k a reef and United States Army and Navy personnel "The 'ailing Ship In Till: World War" ,allk. Her crew of eight \\ a: resclied. fought a blaze aboard the . \merican answer many inquiries about \\hat hap­ "By authority of the Congre,~ of the >"; he 11<' 1<1 many racing records. The ' hip's Cnitcd States, it is Illy honor to presl.?nt frL'ighter Cape Greig today, following pened to the sailing fleet during the war. iikenc,S appears on the Canadian dime the removal of sixty-three ton of dyna­ PubJi hers are harles Birchall & to you, the wile of Captain ,\ !fred C. ;Intl the Canadian 50-cent stamp. She wa Larscn, the ~lariner's J\lcdal in COI11- mite and o'lll1powder from her hold. Som, Ltd., 17 James Street, Li,·crpool. bu ilt in 1921 to contest the championship The fire wa di covered Saturday while memoration of the greate,t s('nice anyone with the Glollce,ter schooner Gertrud~ QUEEN MARY FUELS ran n'ndcr can e or country. the hip was passing through the' Pedro J.. Thcbaud, sailed by Captain Ben Pine. ~figuel lock. She wa. taken as soon a DIRECT FROM TANKER "Captain Lar. en was :,erying in the ThL' fir,t formal international {i,hermen', . S. WE T rYES which, on .Ianu!!ry po ible to an anchorage, where the cx­ The Cunard liner QIICCII '\}ar.\' re­ racl' \\ as in 1920. pia i"es \\'ere removed, and then brought c('nt ly took on oil direct from a tanker 24, 1942, was reported mis ing \\ ith all hands. He was one of those men who AMERICAN VESSEL FORCED to a dock here. The fire, once the threat at Pier 90, Hud on RiYer and 50th of an explosion was averted, wa. de­ :trect, Xew York. today are so gallantly upholding the ON ROCKS :;cribed a~ not . erious. Tormally fuelled from barge, the big traditions of those harch mariners who LlIlIllun, Feb. II l (A'»-The American ,hip to ;(\'e time, received 4,000 ton of defied anyone to . top the . \ merican flag LibL'rty "hip 1'0llCC de Leon \\'a. uri veil SURVIVOR OF HURRICANE AND thick "Bunker Coo oil from the 450 ft. from sailing the seas in thl.! carly days (III the rock at Gantock Lightholl C, 100 TORPEDO tankcr Pctcr f/lIdl of the Standard Oil ~f the republic. He was one oi those \ ards from DungOOI1 Pier, in an early (An incident just before V-E Day) Co. of New Jersey, which was made fast men upon whom the Nation depended to illurning blizzard today and was reported keep our ships afloat upon the perilous ill danf('er. The 7.176-ton ship was loaded Capt. Torlief C. Seines, \'eteran Mer­ alongside the liner with two six-inch hose chant 1Iarine officer, had the satisfaction lines hooked to the Queen's storage tanks. sea; to transport our tro()p~ acros ',\ ith grain for Glasgow. At low tide most tho c seas; and to carry to them the oi tIll" vessel will be left high and dry, of docking his crippled Liherty ship BREECHES BUOY FOR SICK vitali\' needed materiel which kept thel11 [lnly twenty feet from the lighthouse. GEORGE ADE at an Atlantic Coa' t port RAN SHIP-TO·SHIP IN WAR fighti;lg until victory wa certain and :\. Royal Navy destroyer, the BriJliant, after it had survived a submarine attack wellt to the scene and fixed a wire hawser and a hurricane within tw days of each L: e of the breeches buoy in tran­ liberty ecure. other. " ~othing I can do or say wi ll , in any 10 the stern of the distressed ship. The ferring ick or wounded men from one During the attack a torpedo carried ship to another became widespread as a sense, requite the loss of your 10\'ed one. Du tch ocean tug Thame was tanding He has gone, but he has gone in honor hy. mo t of her rudder a way, flooded the result of the convoy ystem during the shaft alley and injured members oi the war, according to a recent report of the and in the goodly company 0 f patriots. 'OLD IRONSIDES' DAMAGED Let me, in thi expre sion of the coun­ ~a\'y armed guard. Picked up by a ~[erchant Marine Council of the United BO:TOX, ~1arch 7 (U.P.).-The X a,·y . tug. the hurricane napped the tates Coast Guard. Formerly a hip-to­ try's deep sympathy, al 0 express to you hi.toric frigate U. . S. Constitution its gratitude for his de\'otion and sacri· tow 1111e, ble\ away two lifeboat· and . hore emergency device, the breeches "Old .Ironsides," wa. damaged slightly damaged two others. Finally, another huoy was used between ships when ade­ fice. la t I1Ight when a :\'3\')' tug truck the Sincerely yours, a\'y tug found the GEORGE. DE and quate medical attention was not available , tern of the v~ssel, the X avy disclosed E. S. Land, Administrator brought her in. on smaller vessels. today. Several timber,; were damaged. \Var Shipping Admini tration The veteran mariner's grcate~t satis­ It was against cOl1\'oy procedure for a h! lt there was no inj IIry to pe rsonnel. \\'a;;hington, D. c." faction was found in the fact that in the vessel to stop and lower a boat as the 1 he tUf(', which had tried to rever e its torpedoing of three ships under his C0111- ship would become an easy taget for Mrs. Larsen writes: "Captain Cllur,e unsuccessfully, wa. undamaged. mand, not one life had been lost. submarines. The breeches buoy was im­ Lar en wa very familiar with the -r: he frigate, till in commission. i ta­ pro\'ed to the point where transfers could work of the eamen' In titute awl honed at the Bo, ton Xaval Shipyard. be made between vessels running at full AMERICAN SHIP HITS MINE convoy speed in hea v)' seas in less than he also knew Dr. Kel1e\' when he c\'cn minutes. was stationed at the l'nstitute at Is Helpless Off Danish Coast­ \' cs cis had to steer an exacting par­ San Francisco. TT e knell' and ad­ Another Vessel Strikes Rocks allel course, in order to accompli h the mired r.lrs Roper's "'ork tor many II), Wireless 10 Tire .\'n,' }' ork 1'ill/cs breeches huoy maneuver. Once cour es years. Captain Larsen wa: born ill 9 COPE:\,HA~EX. Denmark. ~Iarch ~nd .speeds were synchronized, the haul­ Denmark; became a 'nited State: r) ~!hc . Am ncan L.iber!y shiP. Lord InC( hne and hawser were pas ed by means l..tl,l\\al<: .,trllck a mine III th~ j'('marn of a shot line. \\'hen the hawser or CItizen in 1912. For many years he I tit. ()n Saturday cvellillg. Dttail:; arc "trolley line" was l11ade fast. the bredche served aboard. hips of the 1cCor­ ~(:k~ng, s.ince th~ only report \\'a, till: buoy was attached and the seaman was mack Steamship Company. l1Oi\' lip 5 raclto call hlr assistance. Two sal­ pulled across by the hauling line. Pope & Talbot. Inc. of San Fran­ rag.1.! craft hurried to t.he scene ami the MEDALS FOR SEAMEN ·(nd Delaware was ~tI!1 afloat but Ull­ ci co, California, and \Va. ~raster manClI\·erab1c. 1 uring World War II, 5,099 in turn of the \ Vest 1\1a'hwah. \Vest 9 nrLFAST, ,'orthcrn Ireland. ~rarch mariners' mec1als were given to mer­ PortaL \Vest ~ott1. and \ Ve t hes." ,4')_The 7,177-ton United States ~h~nt seamen who suffered physical *Tnlal Dislill[lllish('d Scrl!ict: Medals /"all1t:r "'illiam L. Davidson radioed IIlJury or dangerous expo ure as a (cfJlIh'alelll In Ihe C Oll{,,.('ssiollal M cdal r'::c ht:lp today after having . truck the result of enemy action. \Ve believe of llollor) mm,.drd to ",erchal~1 seamen n k east of Okso Light on the extreme -141. ~rthwest co~st o~ Scotland, a Lloyd's LOOKO T readers will be inter· Tnlo/ Afrrilnrinlls Scn'icc .Vcdllls kS age received 111 Belfast said. The Photo by Bern ard Bovasso, Messman e. ted in n'ac1ing the citation which 117 'aI·drd-J62. he sailors ('an IIl ,r Uyer her Ides or by lIght AII1~ric a , contributes the following ac­ III ,... , . I' I CUl1nt of a voyage on the .\merican sail­ Englishman) always sings at his ~lrl'all1iIlg Irlllll \\'It)1I1 ler. ing jJpilot boarded us at 12 0 'clock l)lain food \vith nature's ance. "all1e latitude but our longitucle is l1"l1all~ ' tlvi) dishes of meat, fre~ and hrol1ght a 1.onYankee and goes ing at a distance almost a distinctly ;\t all tilll{'. of the night and takes 1&:'-4. 14 15 BOOK REVIEWS MARINE POETRY YANKEE SH IPS IN CHINA SEAS ne · ~ ami nuthing. The daring exploit, III CLIPPER SHIPS A sailor cannot thrive on shorebound By D ~nie l Henderson the men of the 'silent service: arc retolll 8.'l'r,utcd by p('rmissi~1I Tump~ Tribune pleasures, iJaslil/gs H ollse $3.00 with truth and vigor. F. L. :-\01.1 Xl, vcn names of clipper ships I must to Mother Sea and all hcr Here is history and biography saltcd The . g them back to being treasures, PASSAGE TO GLORY brln l' . with auvcnturc and piced with tales of Di ping al~d s antm~, cuttmg ~or screaming shells, the era h of bombs, John Ledyard 's America torpedoes, mines, tea-traders. opium-runners, pirates, mis­ By Helen Augur ~ crestmg wave, sionaries, diplomats anu trayelcrs between i \e. was the Phoenix, out from Can never ' nap the courage of men who lJvltl>lctia;y c' Compal/.\', J lI e. 194(). >:3. 00 T herc . China and the l.;nitcd State,. The author, man the lines. If John Ledyard had had the mean to Savannah . r Li\'erpool In twelve days, The names of Merchant Ships in war are who knows the tall sailing ships first­ carry out his vi ions, the hi story of the hand, traces the Open Door policy from beautiful and brave. bright in song and story, United States would have h('cn changed r l y wore their honors lightly, Too long ashore, dear God, let me return its beginnings to the present. Through -or advanced many years ..-\n adventur­ the page is a procession of famous ships ~~Cy the Antelope, the Seaman's Bride, to glory. DAN HOWARD ous and impu\'erished young man frol11 rhe Dashing Wave, the Gipsy, the -the Rainb01." the Il ollqua, the Chal­ Croton, Connecticut, he wa nnc of tilL FOR A LOST MARINER T1Irk Sea-\\'itch, the Gazelle; lellgl!, the Gral/d who e very names first students at Dartmouth College, bu t (National Maritime Day-May 22) suggest the romance of the sailing-ship MallY out of. ~fystic, bearing magic his restlessness prevented him from con­ By Edward O'G~r~ era. The rivalry between Amcrican and out of Baltimore, forming to the life there. He made a And from Belfast, Bath and Boston; CQ1o'/CSY Nctv York Herald Tribune British clippers in the China tea races As one who scanned the circle of the day canoe and travelled home by way of the the Surprise, the Ariel. makes intercsting reading. The book de­ With radiant face that tilted to the skies Connecticut River, a hazardous under­ There were of the sunrise serves a place in every maritime library. color~ Learn ing the planets' course, the gray taking and the fir t of many ubsequent anti the sun et 111 those names: ~LD.C. gulls' way, adventures that would bc di fficult to TIll' Rainbow, the Emerald, the ANCHOR WITH LAUREL WREATH exaggeratc. Of a seafaring tradition, He earched the heights with visionary Topaz, like , their wake. eyes. By John Ackerson Ledyard, a a corporal of marines, ac­ Round the Horn, in '49; the Amethyst, /(aleidograph Prl!ss $2.00 companied Captain Jamcs Cook on hi ­ the Sapphire : Going with carefree laugh and eager pace ~1r. Ackerson has well carned the last voyage t9 the Pacific. In the South They sailed for high adventure, Of youth who sought the distant harbor­ light, title of Poet of the American ~Ierchant Seas, he became greatly interested in as much as riches' sake. Marine. He served in \ Vorld Wars I and the natives, under tanding them as ea.ily It may be the machine age will He had a great cry in him and the grace II aboard merchant ship. Hi. poetic as he had understooll the Indians oi olllcday be over- Of swift dark wings down channels of career began 20 years ago when his New England. It wa, however, the Sooner than you think, and that the night. poem began to appear in leading news­ American northwest which captured hi, there will come back Let all who seek eternal verity papers and magazine. Last year he won ambition and the idea that this lanll The old moon-sail Phoenix, and In elemental things heed him who learned an award in the annual poetry contest hould become part oi the United State" many a sea-rover The shape of heaven, night's strange alchemy , ponsored by the eamen's Institute. This became his life 10llg dream. Arisen from time's ashes, on a collection of war poem (mostly. onnets) Ledyard next went to Europe and herL glamorous moon-track. Of silence where far constellations burned. is a poet's reaction to experiences in Thomas Jefferson, John Paul Jones and It woulll be a bettcr world then, convoy from 1942 through 1944. The with the old keen spirit Hearing the beat of waves on distant other famous men became interested, but sands brotherhood of the sea, the longing for luck was always against the plan and he Of the Challenge, of the Pilgrim, He held the universe within his hands, home, the devotion to democracy, the died without seeing his dream realized. the Coquette, the White Squall, fellowship of men united in a common The author has brought out the p y ­ As eager as their names are, it may THE MUTE causl~these are some of the subjects choJogical aspects of her hero's cha r ~cter, be their old merit N. Y. Times treated. The poet has an obscn'ant eye, hi frustrations a:i well as his great [n futu re days, like the past days Mates cut the man despite his sailor a sensitive mind and a genuine love for charm, but always he is g-iven credit for "'ill be challenging us all. 'kill, hi fellowmen as well a technical skill. , eeing our destin )' in the Pacific. By ISABEL FISKE CONANT. His knotted muscles and his hairy chest; ~r.D . C. I. ~r. .\('IIESO); No one, they thought, whom Fate has RETURN TO GLORY used so ill THE JESSE JAMES OF "DESTROYERS IN ACTION" A year away is far too long ashor!!, Is canny; thus they shunned him. When THE JAVA SEA By Richard A. Shafter But on the morrow I shall close the the rest By C~r l Carmer Conll:lI Marilime p,.ess. 1945. $2.50 donr, Bellowed a mains'l-haul or capstan-turn, Farrar & Rhinehart $1.50 As a former destroyer man-(senic On my mall room, and soon be under In silence he would strain, his eager eyes One of America's most popular authors with the U. S. Coast Guard during rUIll ­ way, Riveted on the chantey-man, to learn here recounts the short but very readable running day )-1 came to this volume • 0 longer now shall loved ones bid me What salty rhythm helped their burden story of the submarine USS STUR­ with eager hands-there was so much stay. rise. . GEO!\', called affectionately by her crew, to be said - what merchant seaman PrIOU!] glory beckons toward a list that's In dog-watch when the moon bewitched "TIle Jesse James of the Java Sea". The wouldn't rather have equal tonnage ill ong the sea, . tory begins in Manila Bay on Dec. 7, "tin cans" in his convov than an un­ In names of young and old hearts, stout In tricks below, when fo'c's'le lamps 1941, but a month goes by before the wieldy cruiser or battlesl;ip? oanti strong. smoked dim, STCRGEO:-\ sinks her first Japanese On their own, these "little" ship;: 'fce more the foc'sle head watch-the No knot th:lt gammed below included ship. Her luck changes, however, and we create a saga, with blood to be Sllre, that eel of sea and salt spray him, live for awhile with ordinary men cap­ will stand as long as there are men and lid blacked out night s~ silent as to No watch-mates lounging in the long­ ~hlr of cxtraordinary gallan!n·. until ships. The stories include that of the o make a hl'athen pray! boat's Ice. the eighth torpedo is sewn on the Jolly U. S. S. Rnril' . . he ran "aground" an b Lord, let nothing keep me on the But perched aloft, above the plunging Rogcr ~t1(l the ship is headed back to enemy ub

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