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Although the PT-69's specifications are a military secret, pictures show that she is about 70 ft. long, about 16 ft. in the beam, carries two torpedo tubes and has a stern gangway for depth charges. The three engines pack enough power to run away from destroyers (i.e., 45 knots or more) except in rough weather. Since such boats have little offensive value unless used in large flotillas, the Navy may decide to put little Huckins Yacht Corp. (normal gross: less than $500,000 a year) into the defense business...
...ordinary seaman was sitting on deck reading a book when it happened. The explosion shook a hatch beam loose; the beam cut off four of his toes. The third assistant engineer, below, was brained by falling deck plates...
...just a luxury liner. Say they: "A blind man could tell what this ship was supposed to do for her country in wartime." They point out that almost every construction detail of the Normandie makes for easy conversion. With her enormous length (1,029 feet), her broad beam (119 feet), she has plenty of space for a fine flight deck. Her two working stacks (the third is a dummy) are both fed by flues that run up her sides to her topdeck. It would be a simple job of reconstruction to shift the funnels to the sides. Her four main...
...total blackout; in the streets the blue beam of air-raid wardens' flashlights showed up occasional pedestrians; a traffic light was still on. A squad car with two policemen, wearing tin hats, rolled into the square...
...flashlight beam swung around the room onto the pale faces. No one was crying out. No one was fainting...