Action for Men, May 1960 — page 17: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

as Japanese boats were sent to pick up her survivors. Swinging his gaze ahead once more, Hurt sighted a red buoy bobbing in the moderate waves of the seasonal northeast monsoon. As it passed close aboard on the port hand, Hurt bent over the gyro repeater on the bridge and swung the pelorus vanes to bear on the leaning water tower at Ca- vite. Satisfied that he had his ship’s position fixed, he leaned over the conning-tower hatch and called below to the helmsman: “Come left to zero five.” Obediently Perch answered the rudder. Hurt felt occasional droplets of spray flicked up to the bridge by the light chop splashing against the starboard side on the submarine’s new heading. Across the darkened surface of the bay he saw the flash of light buoys (Continued on page 56) ... this is the skipper— STAND BY TO SCUTTLE SUB... The Pacific Fleet was reeling. The Air Corps was caught with its planes down. Only a thin line of subs stood between Australia and the Japanese. By WILLIAM C. CHAMBLISS From deck of Japanese ship, Perch’s crew watched her sink.