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Greene ai)d obtain the new current chart. At 1827, July 3. the 

 General Greene was met m latitude 45°46' N., longitude 48°37' W. 

 Senior Physical Oceanographer Floyd M. Soule and the commanding 

 officer of the General Greene came on board for a conference and 

 delivered the current chart. The General Greene departed for St. 

 John's, Newfoundland at 2035. 



Dense fog continued throughout July 4 and until the afternoon of 

 July 5 dining which time the Patrol vessel cruised slowly southward 

 along the eastern side of the Grand Banks. The fog lifting for a 

 brief period on the afternoon of July 5 enabling the Tahoe to scout 

 a small section of the cold current in which the berg sighted July 2 

 would be most likely to drift in accordance with the latest current 

 chart from latitude 43°35' N., to latitude 44°06' N. No ice was found 

 and it was believed that the berg was still northeastward and clear of 

 westbound track C. During the evening of Jidy 5 a member of the 

 crew, John J. Tumulty, developed acute appendicitis so the Tahoe 

 proceeded to St. John's, Newfoundland, to hospitalize this man and 

 returned immediately to the Grand Banks region, arriving in latitude 

 46°04' N., longitude 47°30' W., at 1525, July 7. The berg sighted 

 July 2 m latitude 44°41' N., longitude 48°48' W., had not been 

 sighted or reported since that date and by the evening of July 4 

 sufficient time had elapsed for it to drift into the vicinity of track C 

 so safety messages were broadcast during the periods when radio 

 watches were being stood on all merchant vessels, warning them of 

 the most probable position of the berg. 



The steamship Henri Jaspar reported this berg on July 7 in latitude 

 43°32' N., longitude 48°48' W., the berg having drifted southward 

 at an average daily rate of 15 miles. Fog set in on the morning of 

 July 7 and the Tahoe continued slowly to the east side of the Grand 

 Banks and then stood down the Labrador Current on July 7 and 8. A 

 growler was sighted during the evening of July 7 in latitude 45°33' N., 

 longitude 47°46' W., which was believed to be the remains of a berg 

 reported by the steamship Induna on July 2 in latitude 46°08' N., longi- 

 tude 47° 15' W. The Tahoe found the berg reported by the steam- 

 ship Henri Jaspar during the evening of July 8 in latitude 43°18' N., 

 longitude 48°56' W. The next day being fine and clear the Patrol 

 vessel scouted up the cold current to latitude 44°55' N., and leturned 

 to the southernmost known ice that evening. No other ice was sighted 

 so the Tahoe remained with this southernmost berg until being relieved. 



The Pontchartrain arrived in the vicinity of the berg in latitude 

 42°23' N., longitude 50°02' W. A boat was lowered and Lt. G. Van A. 

 Graves, ice observation officer, and the observer's party were trans- 

 ferred to the Pontchartrain and at 2225, July 14, 1938, the Pontchartrain 



