OCR Text |
Show DESTROYER TERRY RAD CLOSE CALL NORFOLK, Va., Jan 9 Batteied and crippled as the) icsult of her severe se-vere experience at bea, the torpedo-boat torpedo-boat destroyer Terry limped Into pprt today with one englno working. A thrilling story of tholr battle with wind nnd wave was told by the crow, evorj' member of which marveled -that they wore alive to toll tho tale Tho Terry bau been assigned to scout dutv at a distance of about 300 miles to "the northeast of Now York in the war game maneuvers, and wan somewhoio off Capo Sable on tho Nova No-va Scotia coast when the storm struck her late Saturday. For 48 hours the Httlo craft was almost at the mercy of the seas. The wind blew a hurricane, hurri-cane, washing clean tho decks of tho destroyer and carrying away not only every lifeboat, but heavy -boxes containing con-taining tools, etc., which were not fast to the decks. For two days there was nothing cooked on board the vessel, the S2 members of the crew having to live on canned goods while working Incessantly Inces-santly at tho pumps All of tho bonding bon-ding and clothing was soaked, and when, on Sunday night, the Terry's steering gear was washed aw.ay, It looked as If the end hnd come By heroic effort th'rs wns ropahed and tho destroyer's commander, Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Commander John C. Fremont, continued con-tinued to keep the llttlo vessel's head to the storm and keep her afloat. Commander Fremont first Intended to go into New York, but a wiroleas order from tho battleship South Carolina Caro-lina directed that ho proceed Into Hampton Roads It was A o'clock this morning when tho Terry met the auxiliary cruiser Prairie, which con-voved con-voved hor Into the roads. Commander Fremont, upon arrival at Norfolk, gave shore liberty to his crew so that thoy might havo a rest. |