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In his mind’s eye he could picture Perch being silhouetted against the distant glow of burning Cavite, an inviting target for a Jap- anese submarine should one be lurking in the - approaches to Manila Bay. He knew he could not submerge in the channel lest its tricky currents set Perch on the rocks while she groped blindly beneath the surface. “Challenge to starboard, sir!” It was his signal lookout’s voice. Dave cursed softly. He could understand that the harbor defense post on Corregidor would want to verify the identity of an un- lighted ship in the channel, but he hated the need for revealing Perch’s position by flash- ing a reply. With Limit Point abeam on the port side, and dawn an hour away, Dave gave the order. The hatch clanged shut behind him. In the control room beneath the conning tower he could hear the voice of Lieutenant Johnny Ryder, his diving officer, calling out commands : “Flood negative. . . . Down bubble five degrees.” Then, “Ease your bubble . . . blow negative.” Johnny Ryder was leveling Perch off. The submarine came to level trim with the depth- gauge needle pointed exactly at “100.” “This is the captain speaking.” Through- out the ship the crew became silent as Dave briefed his men on what they were facing. Bluntly he told them that the surface ships which had survived the initial onslaught of the Japanese were now in full flight south- ward where, it was hoped, they might join up with British and Dutch units in the vicinity of Java to try to hold back the Japanese advance. “Only the submarines are left in this area,” he told them. “If we can pick off enough Stand by to Scuttle Sub Continued from page 17 enemy ships, we may ease the pressure to southward and slow down the invasion of the Philippines. We can’t look for any help. We're on our own. Our immediate orders are to operate along the east’ coast of Luzon and northward to Formosa. We should have some good hunting.” For a week they patrolled their assigned — area, catching only distant sight of enemy targets too far away and too fast for them to attack. Abandoning that unfruitful zone Perch stood south through the Strait of For- mosa after rounding the north end of that island, and took station off the -Kwangtung coast of South China. For a while, Dave took the prudent course of operating in rela- tively deep water where Perch could take advantage of her only defense against enemy destroyers. But after five profitless days cruising along the hundred-fathom curve to westward of Vereker Banks he took her into the tricky shoaling reaches off the mouth of the Pearl River. | [- was Christmas night. On the calm, muddy surface of the South China Sea, Perch cruised at a lazy one-engine speed, recharging batteries. Twenty miles away, | the glow of lights against a low deck of clouds marked the location of Hong Kong, which had fallen that day to the Japanese Army. “Sound reports low-speed propeller noises bearing three zero five.” The report called up from the conning tower broke in on Dave’s thoughts. “All ahead, full,” he ordered. “Come right to three zero five.” Perch trembled under the vibrating force of her four diesels driving her at 17 knots toward the as yet unseen target. “Battle stations, torpedo!” Dave shouted down the conning-tower hatch. “Sound reports target now bears three one zero.” _ That meant the enemy ship was drawing away to the right. Dave promptly ordered Perch to come about to heading three two five to try to lead the target. Straining ‘through his night glasses, he picked up the | faint image of a darkened ship—a deep-laden freighter of perhaps 10,000 tons. As he watched, the bearing on the target held steady. This told him that his selection of course three two five had been lucky. They were closing on a collision heading. It was too dark to use the stadimeter to establish the target’s distance, and only his seaman’s eye could judge her course and speed. But for that Dave had a ready solution: he would close to point-blank range, taking the chance of discovery and possible gunfire attack in (Continued on page 58) MICLOO© (C(O) <S) (C(O)