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Read Ebook: The Corsair in the war zone by Paine Ralph Delahaye
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Ebook has 553 lines and 98963 words, and 12 pages
CARROLL BAYNE GETS HIS ENSIGN'S COMMISSION 144
HOW THE HURRICANE SEAS POUNDED THE YACHT: "THE POOR OLD SHIP WAS A MESS" 150
WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE EMERGENCY WHEEL 156
WHEN THE HURRICANE SLAPPED THE WINDOWS 156
ASSISTANT ENGINEER HAWTHORN AND HIS WATCH 160
THE CREW OF NUMBER THREE GUN 160
TEMPORARY REPAIRS, AFTER THE HURRICANE 164
WHAT THE FORWARD DECK-HOUSE LOOKED LIKE WHILE RUNNING FOR LISBON 164
CLEANING UP AT LISBON, AFTER THE HURRICANE 172
LISBON HARBOR AND THE TUG THAT TOWED THE CORSAIR TO THE DOCKYARD 176
THE AMERICAN LEGATION AT LISBON WHERE THE CORSAIR'S CREW FOUND A HOME 176
THE CORSAIR IN DRYDOCK AT LISBON 182
AT HER MOORING BUOY, BREST 182
"DOC" LAUB AGREES THAT "THIS IS THE LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN" 188
COXSWAIN DAVE TIBBOTT WAITS WITH THE LAUNCH 188
THE CHEERY FRENCH PILOT, LIEUTENANT MEJECK 194
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER BENTON 194
THE HOME OF THE AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICERS' CLUB IN BREST 200
AMERICAN YACHTS CLUSTERED INSIDE THE BREAKWATER, BREST 206
THE FAITHFUL WAKIVA, WHICH WAS SUNK IN COLLISION 212
BIG TRANSPORTS IN BREST HARBOR 212
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER FARR STANDS WITH FOLDED ARMS AND INDICATES THAT HE HAS HIS SEA-LEGS WITH HIM 216
COMMANDER KITTINGER SAYS GOOD-BYE TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PORTER AS THE LATTER TAKES OVER THE COMMAND 216
LIEUTENANT SCHANZE, ENSIGN GRAY, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PORTER, CHIEF ENGINEER HUTCHISON, COMMANDER KITTINGER, AND LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE 220
AT ROSYTH: LIEUTENANT NOLAN, DR. AGNEW, COMMANDER PORTER, LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE, ENSIGN ACORN, LIEUTENANT PATTERSON, ENSIGN WANGERIN, AND PAYMASTER ERICKSON 220
ROLLING OUT TO FIND A CONVOY 226
A LITTLE WATER ON DECK 226
THE SINKING CALIFORNIAN: GOING, GOING, ALMOST GONE! 232
CALIFORNIAN SURVIVORS ABOARD THE CORSAIR 232
A MASCOT FROM THE CALIFORNIAN, KNOWN AS "THE MUTT" 238
THE NEWFOUNDLAND PUP SAVED FROM THE FRENCH FISHING BARK 238
THE DAGFIN, BROKEN DOWN AND HELPLESS. THE CORSAIR STANDS BY 244
ADMIRAL HENRY T. MAYO, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET 248
H. A. BRECKEL, CHIEF RADIO OPERATOR 256
ELECTRICIANS SWAN AND PLUMMER, OF THE HIGHLY EFFICIENT RADIO GANG 256
AT THE EMERGENCY WHEEL: HEAVY WEATHER OFFSHORE 262
THE TRIM, IMMACULATE NAVY MAN: AFTER COALING SHIP 262
BOATSWAIN'S MATE FRENCH BOUGHT A PET PARROT IN LISBON 268
"TOMMY," THE SHIP'S CAT, WHO FINISHED STRONG IN THE HURRICANE 268
"TEDDY," WHO WAS GIVEN A MILITARY FUNERAL WHEN HE SWALLOWED A NAIL 268
WITH THE GRAND FLEET AT ROSYTH 274
SURRENDERED GERMAN SUBMARINES TIED UP AT PORTLAND 274
THE CORSAIR AT QUEENSTOWN AS FLAGSHIP OF ADMIRAL SIMS 278
SEAMAN HENRY BARRY, BEFORE THEY WISHED ANOTHER JOB ON HIM 282
GUNNER'S MATE SIMPSON HOPES TO SPOT THAT SUB 282
THE HOMEWARD-BOUND PENNANT: "WE'RE OFF FOR LITTLE OLD NEW YORK, THANK GOD" 286
THE CORSAIR WHEN IN COMMISSION AS A YACHT BEFORE THE WAR 290
ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. SIMS, COMMANDING THE U.S. NAVAL FORCES IN EUROPEAN WATERS 294
MAP SHOWING THE CORSAIR'S WANDERINGS IN THE WAR ZONE 304
THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE
THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE
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