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...datelined "A Labrador Air Base," Newsman B. J. McQuaid told how construction crews waded ashore from ships off Labrador, cut down trees and built rafts to float their first equipment ashore, then built a corduroy causeway to the ships, then hauled enough tools and material ashore to build a dock. Afterward, in 20-ft. snows, they cleared a roadway 100 miles inland, built an airport complete with runways, hangars, living quarters...
...loaded the planes with big bombs, then slept right in the planes. At dawn we went sailing down the runway heading for Cebu city. At Cebu we made three passes over the target, which was the dock area and shipping. The first time, it just looked like an idle harbor scene - bunches of ships stacked every which way. When we turned around we saw the docks were all afire. On the second pass we hit a transport right amidships. While stuff was still settling around it, she turned over on her side...
...liner were taken. Coast Guards put aboard became only casually familiar with her intricate machinery. Only three or four of her fire extinguishers were examined. Expert estimate: probably only about 50% were in good condition; faulty equipment was not replaced. Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co., subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corp., which had the contract to convert her into a naval auxiliary vessel, took inadequate precautions against fire. Authority was undefined. Although the committee found no evidence of sabotage, opportunities for it were "abundant." Background to Chaos was laid when Washington ordered the Normandie made ready to sail for Boston...
...sooner was the committee indictment out than the Navy chuffed up with its own report. "Direct and sole" cause of the fire, a Navy Court of Inquiry solemnly ruled, was "gross carelessness and utter violation of rules of common sense" by Robins Dry Dock employes. Full responsibility, the Navy grumped, belonged there. Recommendation: to sue Robins for damages to the full extent of liability...
...maneuverability was excellent except going astern. After one trial run it took a Navy tug an hour of backing & filling to get her into dock...