Comet (AP 166) - Naval Cruise Book

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This was to prove a memorable afternoon. After the COMET had shifted berth to No. 3 anchorage, a Japanese torpedo bomber ap- proached unnoticed at 1603 from behind the hilly terrain of the island, skimming the surface at an altitude of about 15ffeet. When only a few yards from the COMET, it launched a torpedo which struck the cruiser HONOLULU in an adjoining anchorage. The explosion blew a large gaping hole in the port side of the ship just forward of the bridge, flooding a boiler room and other compart- ments, and causing her to take on a heavy list. The attacking plane apparently escaped although fired upon by destroyers. One of the 5 inch shells landed about ZS yards off the COMET'S starboard beam and exploded, but luckily caused no damage to the ship. Even though the plane flew directly over the COMET, gun crews were unable to open fire because of endangering the other ships. It is understood the HONOLULU was beached to prevent it from sinking and thus saved to fight again, although she suffered a large number of casualties. . D , E . Enemy planes were reported overhead several times during the night, and in the early morning hours some passed over the ship at a very low altitude, but they were not sighted due to the dense smoke screen which had been laid to hide, the 'anchored transports. Unloading continued throughout the second day despite Flash Red alerts and attacking enemy planes. With the aid of two LCT's and one LST the ship was completely unloaded on schedule and got underway at 1911, 22 October, leaving Leyte Gulf with a convoy bound for Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. Ar we leftLeyte Gulf under cover oftmolee Jcreerz we were to have more excitement. Our sitter Jhip, the USS WARHA WK, rammed the battlethip, USS TENNESSEE. She came thru with a large hole in her bow,lea1fing the battle wagon with .tome Juperjicial scratches in the paintworki on her armor plated rider. I 1 , 54

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