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FLEET UNITS IN ADAK HARBOR Flounrlering through formidable seas the frames of the Louisville and Indianapolis take a terrific beating. One wave took off a hangar door. The last photo substantiates the extremity of roll. 101
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l l When the big 8-inch guns pause in their The port battery opens first. Guns are reloaded while hotshellmen dispose of cases. firing the 5-inch hammer away at enemy. Meanwhile the starboard battery impatiently awaits its turn to unleash pent-up might. a l TWO quick buzzer Wal'I1iUgS and-Wham! MRCSHIHC Hreln and Secondary battery This is continued till the word aCheck iirev The Whig shots are at it again up forward. loads, fires, reloads, and fires again. is given yvhilg a negv target is found, l AA ersonnel stand h for lan att k . A th ' ' , P Y P C QC S U0 el' CPUISCI' QIVCS em hell. A fat BB astern of us opens up. A destroyer rushes in fora closer shot. l 100 l l l l I 4 xZ7!'95VT9Y iiT'ef ' s -- ' e .. on ' ' A .. , ,.
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Page 120 text:
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v f i i 1 l l t , , , , 'a Without slowing speed, destroyer transfers wounded to the . . . Louisville by provisioning trolley. Stretcbers are quickly We I'CCC1VCd 1HiC111gC11CC reports that The transported below to the sick bay by eveswilling hands ,laps were sending reinforcements for the beleaguered defenders. We were sent out lashing sea, rolling and tossing to the beat to intercept the enemy, but after scouring of its mighty Waves. Then came the calm ' the sea found no trace of them. which quieted the seas-and our stomachs. The Louisville was then assigned to On July 5, the Louisville was on hand convoy troops and supply ships to the area to lend fire support and shore bombard- for the Kiska Operation. lt was while so ment during the Kiska landings. No oppo- , occupied that We were caught in one of sition was encountered by our troops. The the Worst storms of the Laclyis long career. J ap garrison had made a miraculous escape. l Winds of gale proportion piled up moun- Shortly thereafter We left the Aleutians, tainous seas, until the capital ships of the major operations having been completed in convoy Were rolling and bobbing like the area, and returned to our home yard corks. For two days our ship fought the for overhaul. 102 S
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