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Ebook has 553 lines and 98963 words, and 12 pages

CARROLL BAYNE GETS HIS ENSIGN'S COMMISSION 144

HOW THE HURRICANE SEAS POUNDED THE YACHT: "THE POOR OLD SHIP WAS A MESS" 150

WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE EMERGENCY WHEEL 156

WHEN THE HURRICANE SLAPPED THE WINDOWS 156

ASSISTANT ENGINEER HAWTHORN AND HIS WATCH 160

THE CREW OF NUMBER THREE GUN 160

TEMPORARY REPAIRS, AFTER THE HURRICANE 164

WHAT THE FORWARD DECK-HOUSE LOOKED LIKE WHILE RUNNING FOR LISBON 164

CLEANING UP AT LISBON, AFTER THE HURRICANE 172

LISBON HARBOR AND THE TUG THAT TOWED THE CORSAIR TO THE DOCKYARD 176

THE AMERICAN LEGATION AT LISBON WHERE THE CORSAIR'S CREW FOUND A HOME 176

THE CORSAIR IN DRYDOCK AT LISBON 182

AT HER MOORING BUOY, BREST 182

"DOC" LAUB AGREES THAT "THIS IS THE LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN" 188

COXSWAIN DAVE TIBBOTT WAITS WITH THE LAUNCH 188

THE CHEERY FRENCH PILOT, LIEUTENANT MEJECK 194

CHIEF QUARTERMASTER BENTON 194

THE HOME OF THE AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICERS' CLUB IN BREST 200

AMERICAN YACHTS CLUSTERED INSIDE THE BREAKWATER, BREST 206

THE FAITHFUL WAKIVA, WHICH WAS SUNK IN COLLISION 212

BIG TRANSPORTS IN BREST HARBOR 212

CHIEF QUARTERMASTER FARR STANDS WITH FOLDED ARMS AND INDICATES THAT HE HAS HIS SEA-LEGS WITH HIM 216

COMMANDER KITTINGER SAYS GOOD-BYE TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PORTER AS THE LATTER TAKES OVER THE COMMAND 216

LIEUTENANT SCHANZE, ENSIGN GRAY, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PORTER, CHIEF ENGINEER HUTCHISON, COMMANDER KITTINGER, AND LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE 220

AT ROSYTH: LIEUTENANT NOLAN, DR. AGNEW, COMMANDER PORTER, LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE, ENSIGN ACORN, LIEUTENANT PATTERSON, ENSIGN WANGERIN, AND PAYMASTER ERICKSON 220

ROLLING OUT TO FIND A CONVOY 226

A LITTLE WATER ON DECK 226

THE SINKING CALIFORNIAN: GOING, GOING, ALMOST GONE! 232

CALIFORNIAN SURVIVORS ABOARD THE CORSAIR 232

A MASCOT FROM THE CALIFORNIAN, KNOWN AS "THE MUTT" 238

THE NEWFOUNDLAND PUP SAVED FROM THE FRENCH FISHING BARK 238

THE DAGFIN, BROKEN DOWN AND HELPLESS. THE CORSAIR STANDS BY 244

ADMIRAL HENRY T. MAYO, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET 248

H. A. BRECKEL, CHIEF RADIO OPERATOR 256

ELECTRICIANS SWAN AND PLUMMER, OF THE HIGHLY EFFICIENT RADIO GANG 256

AT THE EMERGENCY WHEEL: HEAVY WEATHER OFFSHORE 262

THE TRIM, IMMACULATE NAVY MAN: AFTER COALING SHIP 262

BOATSWAIN'S MATE FRENCH BOUGHT A PET PARROT IN LISBON 268

"TOMMY," THE SHIP'S CAT, WHO FINISHED STRONG IN THE HURRICANE 268

"TEDDY," WHO WAS GIVEN A MILITARY FUNERAL WHEN HE SWALLOWED A NAIL 268

WITH THE GRAND FLEET AT ROSYTH 274

SURRENDERED GERMAN SUBMARINES TIED UP AT PORTLAND 274

THE CORSAIR AT QUEENSTOWN AS FLAGSHIP OF ADMIRAL SIMS 278

SEAMAN HENRY BARRY, BEFORE THEY WISHED ANOTHER JOB ON HIM 282

GUNNER'S MATE SIMPSON HOPES TO SPOT THAT SUB 282

THE HOMEWARD-BOUND PENNANT: "WE'RE OFF FOR LITTLE OLD NEW YORK, THANK GOD" 286

THE CORSAIR WHEN IN COMMISSION AS A YACHT BEFORE THE WAR 290

ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. SIMS, COMMANDING THE U.S. NAVAL FORCES IN EUROPEAN WATERS 294

MAP SHOWING THE CORSAIR'S WANDERINGS IN THE WAR ZONE 304

THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE

THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE

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