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...luxury ship of the Matson Line, and a heaven-sent chance to watch a test case of his theory. On the Malolo's trial run, 26 miles off Nantucket, another Norwegian freighter appeared out of the fog and, as the fascinated Mr. Gibbs watched, crashed into the Malolo amidship. Into the pilothouse rushed Gibbs. He pushed the buttons to operate the sliding bulkhead doors, which should close off the shattered compartment and keep the sea from flooding and sinking the Malolo. Down into the hold he plunged. Green water was pouring in. He waded to the bulkhead door...
BATAVIA, N.E.I.--Notherlands Indies fliers said today that they sank what apparently was a Japanese battleship with a direct bomb hit amidship in the first day of the now famous battle of Macassar Strait...
...motor ship of 5,113 gross tonnage, Leningrad built in 1931, trimly painted, carrying a cargo of cement, mica, chalk, fuller's earth, Caucasian wine, oil of apricots, juniper (gin) berries. All her officers and able seamen had individual outside cabins amidship. She carried two young stewardesses to feed and amuse her picked crew of young cadets. Even her name KNM (Kim} was chosen for pronunciation by non-Russian tongues. Aside from the motto "Ahead To World's Revolution" inscribed in the crew's game room (equipped with piano and radio) she took every precaution...
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