Colahan (DD 658) - Naval Cruise Book

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Just like da bombline-only further north . . . That was Songjin in a nutshell. Of course, we had more help here than on the bombline, but the area we had to cover was larger, so it came out about equal. By day, we patrolled the area scat- tering occasional parties of rail- road repairmen with five inch shells. And just to rnake sure that the fellows who worked when our backs were turned, would have more than enough to do: as we headed the other way, we kept putting new cuts in the rails. Possibly too, ln- telligence had given us the lo- cation ofa new factory, or some s u p p l y bunkers - then we would lay off and disrupt pro- duction, or create a shortage of supply. By night, our biggest job was patroling the area keep- ing an eye peeled for trains try- 5 Mount 53 cuts loose with one bale of hay. 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' -..,- A premature burst kicks up some spray. ing to slip a little further down the coast. The first few nights on station not much could be seen, but as the moonlight be- came brighter our lookouts. be- gan to find trains. As a result, each watch becaime a battle of wits as our 0.0.D. tried to de- termine when that train would try to make a run, so that we could knock it out, while on the beach, the engineer of the train was trying to determine when we would fire next so that he could make a dash for cover before we could reload. Be- tween times, for relaxation, there was always the Chongjin patrol. Page Forty-three

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Tepatti, the Bull and the Exec pose for a shot all bundled up. 1- -111 i Until we started operating oft Songjin our luck with the cold weather had been pretty good. But now, not a day went by that we didn't have to break out the brooms and salt water hoses at least once to clean ott a 'layer ot snow and slush. The ther- mometer, which had been hov- ering around the low 305, drop- ped, and started hovering in its teens. As a result, during lunch time, you could always see a tew fellows having their pictures taken as they leaned on the ice caked litelines. Even the snipes were jokingly com- plaining. lt seems the tem- perature in their nice, warm A lot of times we woke up to find . . . Page Forty-four engine room had dropped all the way down to 75. Every now and then we managed to have -a snowball fight.