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Besides their torpedoes, fired from deck tubes, German E-boats carry anti-aircraft cannon, machine guns and depth charges. They cannot hide as submarines can, but they can run. They are cheaper and quicker to build than submarines, and they are fine for hit-&-run raids on shipping not far from shore. The Germans are building a lot of them-just how many, the British would like to know...
...sloop Guillemot, a 580-tonner which can do little better than 20 knots, spotted an E-boat lying in ambush, crept up within 50 yards before the German crew woke up. The Guillemot sent a 4-in. shell into the E-boat's water line and hosed its deck with machine-gun bullets. "It is considered," said the Admiralty communiqué, "that this boat was sunk...
...East 9th Street Pier, the U.S. Navy took a look at her shallow draft, her gangling length (484.5 feet, overall), decided that with a little face-lifting and some new glands, she would do as a remodeled carrier. Her four stacks could be moved to one side, her upper deck and superstructure torn away. The old crone would become a Valkyrie. Before summer's end, said the Navy, Navy flyers on the Great Lakes will get carrier training on the waddling old dreamboat...
...which students considering V-1 should be aware of, is that physical requirements for V-1 are not as strict as for V-5 or V-7. Five feet two inches and 100 pounds will admit you as an Apprentice Seaman, but it won't let you be a deck lieutenant or a pilot. Minimum weight for V-7 is 132 pounds, minimum height is five feet five and a half. Even eye standards are reduced for seaman, and accordingly for V-1 registrants...
...idea of being an officer in the Navy, V-1 provides the machinery. But read the requirements carefully, be pretty sure of your ability to pass both examinations, and think the whole thing over, or else you may find yourself in the foc'sle instead of on the quarter deck...