Sea is getting awful rough. We tried to fuel but we broke both hoses. This is one of the worst storms we have ever been in. After steering room is flooded. One ship lsot man overboard. Other cans are low on fuel. We have 75%. Hull sank today losing all but 15 men. Three carriers are now on way to Ulithi after being damaged.
Open in the diary →The names around the story
People & ships
Family at home, shipmates, commanders, and 82 vessels, named as Elmer named them. Open any name to see every diary passage in which it appears. Where the Navy’s muster rolls identify a shipmate, a note says so.
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