water temperatures and the track of the General Greene have been 

 plotted on Figure 23. A cruise of 1,162 miles was completed. 



THIRD CRUISE, MAY 2-16, 1931 



At 5 p. m., May 2, the General Greene left St. John's, Newfoundland, 

 on the third ice-observation cruise. At 6 p. m. after clearing Cape 

 Spear and standing to the northward the following was received 

 from Cape Race radio station: "Berg 46° 32' N., 52° 17' W. and some 

 small ice." We proceeded immediately to the vicinity of the reported 

 berg. At 4.40 a. m.. May 3, we began searching (having drifted since 

 midnight) and scouted the area in the vicinity of the reported berg. 

 At 6.30 a. m. we sighted the berg in 46° 36' N., 52° 00' W. We 

 drifted in its vicinity until 9 a. m., when we started toward 45° 32' N., 

 52° 20' W., having verified an intercepted message from Cape Race 

 radio station to the steamship Irland reporting a berg in that position. 

 We scouted this area very thoroughly without locating the berg. As 

 this berg was not again sighted or reported, undoubtedly the position 

 was in error. The berg was probably the one previously reported in 

 46° 32' N., 52° 17' W. 



At 3.50 p. m.. May 4 we sighted a berg in 46° 48' N. 51° 27' W., 

 this being the one previously sighted in 46° 36' N. 52° 06' W. We 

 cruised in the vicinity until 8 a. m.. May 7. The berg by this time 

 had almost entirely disintegrated, as it had been much pounded by 

 heavy seas. The weather had been particularly bad from May 3, 

 until this date. Continuous gales blew from the southeast until 

 May 6, when the wind hauled to north with increasing intensity, 

 accompanied by rain, fog, and heavy snow. At 8 a. m.. May 7, we 

 hove to on a northerly course, fresh northerly gale, with rain. 



At 4.50 p. m.. May 9, we received a report from the S. S. Sacondaga 

 that two bergs were sighted in 45° 50' N. and 51° 24' W., with five 

 growlers nearby. We proceeded immediately to this position, 

 arriving in the vicinity of the reported bergs at 8 a. m. May 22. We 

 scouted the area very thoroughly for a period of 30 hours but without 

 locating any ice. 



At noon. May 11, we hauled down for the Tail of the Grand Banks, 

 preparatory to scouting north along the eastern slope. At 1.40 p. m., 

 that day, we hove to in 44° 42' N. 51° 45' W. to speak the French 

 barkentine Notre Dame de St. Juan, of St. Malo, France. The master 

 of the barkentine requested and received medical aid for two members 

 of his crew, suffering from an infected thumb and external abrasions 

 of shoulder and side, caused, respectively, by lacerations from a fish 

 hook and a fall from the rigging. Later we spoke the British schooner 

 James S. Stanley of Grand Bank, Newfoundland, and rendered 

 medical treatment to one member of her crew for external abrasions 

 of the hip caused by being jammed against a dory. 



