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eastward to start a search for the berg reported by the General 

 Greene in 43° 08' N., 49° 09' W. Fog prevented all scouting opera- 

 tions the following day. May 5 the Tampa searched the area south 

 of the tail of the Banks with visibility about 5 miles. At 11 p. m. 

 the General Greene made contact with the Tampa and drifted near by 

 until morning. 



On May 6 the Tampa and General Greene made a sweep on parallel 

 courses 16 miles apart to the northward along the eastern slope of the 

 Grand Banks. The visibility was excellent until 2 p. m., when it 

 decreased to about 6 miles. However, by this time the two vessels 

 had searched 2,000 square miles. At 3.20 p. m. the General Greene 

 again made contact and delivered a current map of the ice region 

 just completed. The General Greene proceeded to St. John's, New- 

 foundland. 



At 4 p. m. the same day the Tampa located a large growler in 

 latitude 43° 36' N. and longitude 48° 52' W. On May 7 the Tampa 

 continued scouting to the northward, sighting bergs in 43° 44' N., 

 48° 20' W., and 44° 21' N., 48° 37' W. From the position of the 

 last berg commenced a search to the southward at 2.30 p. m. 



On May 8 a search was made for a berg reported late the day 

 before in latitude 42° 44' N. and longitude 49° 53' W. The Tampa 

 located this berg at 5 p. m. in 42° 30' N., 50° 10' W. Then the 

 Tampa was hove to in a northwesterly gale, which moderated by 

 midnight. 



On the 9tli the ice-patrol vessel visited the southernmost berg 

 again, finding it 3 miles northeast of its position of the day before. 

 This was a circular berg estimated to be 50 feet high and 300 feet in 

 diameter, with the top sloping gradually to the waters edge. Water 

 formed from melting had cut paths from 1 to 2 feet deep on its 

 surface. 



On May 10 the Tainpa scouted to the northwest during the morning 

 and returned to the position of the berg in the afternoon. The 

 area south of the tail of the Banks as far east as longitude 49° 00' 

 was scouted on May 11 and the southernmost berg was visited at 

 5 p. m. On May 12 the Tampa cruised northward from this berg 

 until 5 p. m. and then eastward until dark. On the morning of the 

 13th a large berg was located in 43° 03' N., 49° 21' W. From this 

 berg the Tampa headed for the position of the southernmost berg, 

 which was last sighted the morning of May 12. At 1 p. m. the wind 

 having increased to a moderate gale and visibility having decreased to 

 2 miles, the course was changed to 270° and the speed reduced to 

 5 knots. 



Dense fog prevailed over the entire ice region until the afternoon of 

 May 15. At 2 p. m. the Tampa cruised to the southward toward the 

 last-known position of the southernmost ice. A moderate northwest- 



