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reefs that protected the inner harbor. It is very seldom that the 

 water is disturbed. To prove this, the writer explored the entire 

 harbor with hurricane clouds overhead, when radios had ordered all 

 ships to port ; but the water outside the reefs is extremely dangerous. 

 The United States Naval Facility has a base on the shore of this 

 harbor. In 1955 Capt. Clarence R. Redman, commanding officer of 

 the base, issued an order which appeared in the organization book, 



Fig. 9. — A "sea that moves no more than within a well," being sketched by the 

 author in July 1955. (Graham's Harbor.) 



restricting all naval personnel using the Welfare and Recreation 15- 

 foot rowboat to the vicinity of Sampson Bay, otherwise known as 

 Graham's Harbor. The men were not permitted to use the boat 

 outside the reefs. 



In 1958, Lt. A. M. Danielsen, commanding officer of the United 

 States Loran Station on San Salvador, assisted in the safe naviga- 

 tion of a P5M-type seaplane from the seaward side through the 

 channel into and across the harbor to the southeastern shore. This 

 was done on a day in which wind and weather were northwesterly ; 

 in a 13-foot boat Lieutenant Danielsen led the aircraft, which had 

 a disabled engine, to a safe anchorage where repairs could be effected. 

 Upon completion of repairs, a sea lane of approximately 3 miles of 

 good clear water was marked off with the assistance of Lt. Comdr. 

 Richard L. Phares, commanding officer of the United States Naval 



