Show SHIP ON SECRET f VOYAGE CRIPPLED Mount Vernon Making It Its s f Way Back to Port i fi After Mish Mishap p pcr cr tSAN SAN FRANCISCO Jan 29 The 29 The transport Mount Vernon which deParted deS departed de de- S parted pasted from here last Friday on a secret mission is returning today Ina in ina ina a leaking condition but is in no danger dan dan- danger ger according to a a. radio radi message re received received received re- re today The message said the Mount Vernon was miles mlles off ott San Francisco and nd that she ahe Is returning without assist assist- ante ance She is due here tomorrow Later the headquarters of ot the Twelfth naval district announced that the scout cruiser Birmingham and seven d destroyers had been sent to intercept intercept intercept in the Mount Vernon but new assurances had been received that the transport was in no danger It was not known If It the Birmingham ham bam and destroyer flotilla would accompany ac ac- company Mount Vernon into port There here or simply determine her exact condition and proceed back to the t base ase it was announced |