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