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commander, International Ice Patrol, and delivered the current map. 

 At 1220 the General Greene departed for St. John's, Newfoundland, 

 arriving there at 1705, April 13, 1938. While the General Greene and 

 Tahoe were drifting close to this berg it gave a very impressive per- 

 formance, tons of ice sloughing off its vertical sides, peaks toppling and 

 tumbling into the sea with a mighty rumble to form large growlers, 

 while the whole mass of the berg rocked ponderously as its equi- 

 librium shifted. In the space of a few moments the appearance of 

 the berg changed completely. 



The day of April 12 was fine and clear, so after the departure of the 

 General Greene the Tahoe scouted an area 40 miles wide east of the 

 50-fathom curve between latitudes 44°20' N., and 45° 15' N., in 

 order to locate any ice which may have drifted south since this area 

 was last scouted out. Four bergs were located this day, and the next 

 day, April 13, all these bergs, except the southernmost, were located 

 again showing slow southward movement and three more bergs were 

 found. The search of the 13th extended north to latitude 45°40' N. 

 The morning of April 14 the berg, thought to be the southernmost, 

 was found in latitude 44°22' N., longitude 48°28' W., having drifted 

 only 11 miles east-southeast since the evening of April 12 when last 

 seen. This movement corresponded excellently with the current in- 

 dicated on the current chart just delivered which showed only very 

 slow movement south of latitude 45° N. 



April 14 was the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. To 

 commemorate that terrible disaster appropriate memorial services 

 were held at 1030 that day and a wreath laid upon the water in memory 

 of those who were lost. 



In the afternoon the Tahoe left the berg to scout to the westward 

 across the cold current to be sure no ice drifted south and also to 

 locate, if possible, a berg reported in latitude 44°15' N., longitude 

 49°27' W. A berg was sighted in latitude 44° 19' N., longitude 

 48°43' W. The Tahoe entered dense fog immediately after leaving 

 the warm water so further scouting was impossible. Dense fog per- 

 sisted throughout the remainder of that day and all the 15th and 16th, 

 preventing all scouting. During the day of the 15th the French 

 barkentine Capitaine Guynemer was encountered on the Banks in the 

 fog. The captain of the fishing vessel came aboard and mail was 

 received for forwarding and a report by radio to his owner was trans- 

 mitted. A seaman from the Capitaine Guynemer was brought aboard 

 for medical attention and was found to be suffering from mild pneu- 

 monia and was retained on board for treatment. 



With the dissipation of the fog by northerly winds on the morning of 

 April 17 the Tahoe headed for the southwestern edge of the Banks and 

 scouted around the Tail in the cold water and along the eastern slope 

 to the northward to locate any ice which might have drifted south of 



