Down to the Sea (40 page)

“ability to…ship handling…Remain in…splendid contribution…task force”: Report of Fitness, Charles Willard Consolvo, Jan. 18, 1944.

“holding a broomstick…didactic”: Charles W. Consolvo Jr. interview.

“officers of the”: C. Donald Watkins interview.

“high-stress”: James D. Torres interview.

“a car traveling…cleanly, without”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 138.

“his whole body…beloved…so important…make it home…his duty…help the…the war…a privilege to…never treated”: Rosemary Rust interview. 81–

“tremendous seaman…100 percent…handle the…a whole lot”: Lloyd G. Rust Jr. interview.

“Jewish movie-star…privileged environment”: Greil Marcus interview.

“natty ZBTs…urbane”:
Cornell Magazine,
May-June 2004.

“services to the”: Report of Interview with Applicant, Ltjg. Howard Baldwin, Feb. 24, 1942.

“a young man”: Frederick George Marcham letter, January 15, 1942.

“member of”: Louis C. Boochever letter, January 15, 1942.

“unimpeachable integrity”: Horace Stern letter, January 15, 1942.

“I am getting…I wouldn't swap”: Greil I. Gerstley letters, Aug. 27, 1942, and Sept. 28, 1942.

“good judgment…cheerful disposition”: James A. Marks letter, Feb. 1, 1944.

“had to get”: Kenneth Drummond letter, Jan. 7, 1944.

“get a look…looked her…greatly resented…fell in love”: Greil Gerstley Marcus interview.

“dull business”: History of
Hull
, Ships' Histories Branch, Navy Department.

“either to land”: Schultz interview.

“regular guy…best ship…make the…take the…40-degree…terrific…too top-heavy…never make”: Schultz interview.

“rather relaxed…get acquainted…developing teamwork”: Dawes,
The Dragon's Breath
, p. 112.

“fashionable broken-deck”: ibid., p. 94.

“were not…dependable performance…services were…well over…greatly in”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, pp. 3–5.

“between our…probably 65…climbing the…perfectly calm”: Douhan interview.

“I'm leaving the ship” and other dialogue between Schultz and E. M. Toland, Schultz interview.

“pretty well…wore out”: Schultz interview.

“the only enlisted…Gabby…well spoken…I understand”: Robert Coyne interview. 90–

“never fired…without enough…didn't want…stepped right…
Oh, what
…beautiful destroyer…an old…messed-up…never touched…Sheet metal” and dialog between Stealey and rated petty officer, Stealey interview.

Chapter Eight

“the nearest”: Jones,
Destroyer Squadron 23
, p. 263.

“utterly one-sided”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, p. 107.

“we were into”: Albert Rosley interview.

“young ship…We have proved…We have a”:
Ye Olde Dis-Spence-er
newsletter, Apr. 9, 1944.

“plastering…uncomfortably close…By radical”: Action Report,
Spence
, Feb. 27, 1944.

“engaged in…not dared…their full…target listed…act of respect…gallant enemy…opened ineffective”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, pp. 108–9.

“salvo chasing…thanks to…straddling salvo…keep clear…quite possibly”: Action Report,
Spence
, Feb. 27, 1944.

“remarkable record”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, p. 108.

“conquered its”: ibid., p. viii.

“devastated…Somebody's trying”: Jones and Kelley,
Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke,
p. 142.

“conceal the…always keep…Tell the boys”: Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, p. 111.

“pride and…athletic training…dove off”: Alphonso Krauchunas, “USS
Spence:
The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor,” 1992.

“a strong swimmer”: Jim Krauchunas interview.

“executed colors…mustered at…pursuant to”:
Spence
deck log, July 8, 1944.

“impressive ceremony”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
.”

“taut in all”: Jones,
Destroyer Squadron 23
, p. 40.

“I relieve you”: Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy, Article 3, Section 1, #72.

“very good…not afraid”: Wohlebb interview.

“all business…I trained”: Rosley interview.

“wasn't a natural…keen but gentle”: Rene (Jack) Hoyle interview.

“distinguished himself”:
Ye Olde Dis-Spence-er
newsletter, Oct. 1944.

“An actor…the Dorothy Dix…listen to…almost didn't…couldn't swim…The Navigator”: Judith (Andrea) Mahood-Cochrane interview.

“going into the”: Helen Andrea interview.

“Jimmie has”:
The Lucky Bag 1937
.

“all Academy…you couldn't…named one”:
Sumner
reunion newsletter, vol. 15, no. 4, Dec. 1994.

“a direct hit…making an…disintegrated in…sunk without”: Action Report,
Sumner
, Dec. 11, 1941.

“seen firing”: Hoyle interview.

“much younger…not much…ordinary fellow”: Rosley interview.

“An efficient…It would only”:
Ye Olde Dis-Spence-er
newsletter, Oct. 1944.

“a friendly visit…to talk…an enlisted”: U.S. Navy press release, Feb. 15, 1945.

“5 percent…never wanted”: Bunin interview.

“they needed”: Ramon Zasadil interview.

“Bob got…all of the…going to catch”: Richard Strand interview.

“Guess I wasn't”: Robert Strand letter, Sept. 6, 1944.

“all the big”: Robert Strand letter, Sept. 21, 1944.

“very, very sore…pulling for…it is no”: Robert Strand letter, Sept. 25, 1944.

“waterborne”:
Spence
deck log, Sept. 14, 1944.

“in love…lots of”: Mahood-Cochrane interview.

“backing into…standing down”:
Spence
deck log, Sept. 30, 1944.

“everyone was”: Wohlleb interview.

“such a romantic”: Mahood-Cochran interview.

“secured from drill”:
Spence
deck log, Nov. 3, 1944.

“over a sand…Condition of Readiness”:
Spence
deck log, Nov. 5, 1944. 103–

“high degree…no longer…impressed upon…to reacquaint…of great…thumb rules…no conception…bad luck…only if we”: Calhoun,
Typhoon,
pp. 16–18.

“At the present”: Knight,
Modern Seamanship
, p. 686.

“Cyclonic Storms…Fixing the…Handling the…thumb rules”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator,
pp. 272, 288, 290.

“dangerous semicircle…navigable semicircle”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator
, p. 290.

“seas within”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator
, p. 283. 105–

“pitch-black…All of a…full reverse…the whole…looked at…what the hell…huge shadow…almost hit…got to thinking…nice, regular…just didn't…first mistake…tough bastard…gotten us…never did”: Wohlleb interview.

Chapter Nine

“gasket blew”:
Monaghan
deck log, Sept. 27, 1944.

“something was…more sluggish…lurched…snap back…a long time…radical turns…imprudent…serious stability…beyond the…stability might…basically stable…in light…feasible…went about”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, pp. 5–7.

“very aware…matter of constant”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 133.

“mustered the…absentees”:
Monaghan
deck log, Oct. 1, 1944.

“had been substantially”: ibid., p. 7.

“theoretical computations”: ibid., p. 200.

“idea seemed preposterous”: “Typhoon!”
Reader's Digest,
Jan. 1959.

“The Navy will”: Guio letter, Sept. 10, 1944.

“I didn't get”: Guio letter, Oct. 27, 1944.

“miracle…no…go…never caught…over $200”: Candelaria interview.

“Commander Consolvo…No change”: Report of Fitness, Charles Willard Consolvo, Aug. 8, 1944. 112–

“a very good…high morale…plenty of…aware of…the very…lay a ship…visibility dropped…almost upon…breathed a…How does…Second link…No, sit…going out…make history…We're going”: Kenneth Drummond interview.

“private in the”: Consolvo Jr. interview.

“took care…kept the…made a lot…strange looks”: Drummond interview.

“changing his…I don't go…Douhan didn't…no profanity”: Douhan interview.

“detached as”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 2, 1944.

“the most junior”: Preston Mercer testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 27, 1944.

“short and slight…very serious”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 22.

“Valedictorian of”:
The Lucky Bag 1938
, p. 311.

“pierced…never forgot”: James A. Marks Jr. interview. 115–

“stellar captain…hard act…remote…his problems…asocial…did not eat…in a hurry…afraid the…closing up”: Watkins interview.

“improper uniform”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 13, 1944.

“use of foul”: ibid., Nov. 2, 1944.

“20 days…full ration”: ibid., Oct. 29, 1944.

“hard-fisted”: Carl Webb interview.

“just couldn't…all for his…but our new…every unlegal”: William Zentner, “The Last Cruise.”

“three or…available at…could sleep…stay afloat…totally unrealistic”: Watkins interview.

“on various courses”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 10, 1944.

“giving him…never been whipped…rolled over…sat back”: Archie DeRyckere interview.

“relatively calm…thrown hard…quite evident…very poor…within satisfactory”: James A. Marks testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 29, 1944.

“more alterations…add slightly”: Mercer testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“hang out…having the…going to…heads off…it stuck”: Zentner, “The Last Cruise.”

“a sure sign”: Dawes,
The Dragon's Breath
, p. 27.

“tried to talk…lose the ship”: Douhan interview.

“simulated depth”:
Hull
deck log, Oct. 17, 1944.

“would not…a dangerous”: Watkins interview.

“hunting cabin…not too sure”: Portia Kreidler Albee interview.

“participated in operations”: J. S. Monroe, Commanding,
PC-476
, June 17, 1944.

“attacking with…resupply mission”: William C. Meyer, Commanding,
PC-476
, Jan. 4, 1943, and Dec. 12, 1942.

“not be back”: Douhan interview.

“really embarrassing…no dock…take the…I don't”: Schultz interview.

“getting into…get rid…Consolvo's crew…spoiled…everyone else…tough…destroyed by”: Douhan interview.

“good ship…gentlemanly…never saying…a lot of…very big…main ambition…joked about…an awful”: Watkins interview.

“after my…not amused…go back”: DeRyckere interview.

“capable of…incapable…so bad in…bad driver”: Rust interview.

“southern gentleman…calling Marks”: Edwin Brooks Jr. interview.

“My only hope”: Kenneth Drummond letter, Dec. 2, 1944.

Chapter Ten

“a Pacific base”: George Spangler, “Ulithi,” Mar. 1998.

“first female…skunky drunk…short, slight”: F. Bruce Garrett III interview.

“to study for”: Floyd Bruce Garrett Jr. U.S. Navy discharge, Feb. 17, 1934.

“smallest and…quiet dignity”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 24.

“small in size”:
The Lucky Bay 1938
, p. 63.

“Ensign Garrett”: Floyd B. Garrett Jr. fitness report, Apr. 1939.

“I now request”: Floyd B. Garrett Jr. letter, Nov. 12, 1940.

“impractical to approve”: Chief of Bureau of Navigation letter, Nov. 16, 1940.

“because I would”: Floyd B. Garrett Jr. letter, Jan. 26, 1943.

“an outstanding piece”: Henry E. Eccles letter, Mar. 4, 1942.

“Experience possessed”: William J. Giles Jr. letter, Jan. 26, 1943.

“sudden and…I am going”: F. Bruce Garrett III letter, Nov. 14, 2006.

“be retained…experience and…answered by”:
Cowell
telegram, Nov. 27, 1944.

“intelligent, demanding…more like…thoroughly seasoned…destroyers in”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 9.

“watertight integrity…up to…very much”: Mercer testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“the confidence…kind and…our duties”: Joseph C. McCrane letter, Apr. 18, 1945.

“southern charm”: F. Bruce Garrett III letter, Nov. 14, 2006.

“a man's man”:
The Lucky Bag 1938
, p. 152.

“life in general”: ibid., p. 230.

“good-natured”: ibid., p. 319.

“Long Island's”:
The Lucky Bay 1937
, p. 222.

“loyal, energetic”: ibid., p. 146.

“great pride”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 24.

“crimson, yellow…caps of”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 1.

“The greatest fleet…fresh from”: Baldwin,
Sea Fights and Shipwrecks
, p. 19.

“neat as…shone like…As was…head up”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons,
pp. 3, 4.

“Japan's capacity…terminated”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 306.

“aware of…Pearl Harbor…no discernible…morale rose”: ibid., p. 52.