18 Aug 1942, Don Ady's wartime memories
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Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-07-20 20:07
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Tue, 18 Aug 1942
The torpedoed oil tanker in the Carribeaan:
Greg Leck reported from some interviewee that the sea was calm and the fire was out. That contradicts what I recall seeing. Ella confirmed my memory that the ship was still on fire.
I seem to recall the ocean itself on fire, in a circle around it about the radius of the ship's length - floating oil aflame. And I recall large waves that were smoothed out (wind had died somewhat).
Leck told me that sometime after the fire burned out that a tug found the tanker still afloat and took it in tow to Mexico.
