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a well-grown foetus. He thinks this was in February, 1922, and had the 
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ailing of a certain ship -- a rare thing on Midway — to cross-check his 
memory 
Of the naval force Lt. Com. S.W. King, U.S.N. has been specially de¬ 
tailed by Admiral Simpson for the trip. He was born of part Hawaiian 
blood in the Islands, and has a fine record in the navy, so should be a 
distinct addition. Lt. Com. Talmadge Wilson has been similarly detailed 
as medical officer. He is a nut on fishing and has nearly as much tackle 
aboard as I have camera gear. In direct command of the ship itself is 
Ch. Bos : n Stephen Ingham (skipper) and Bos T n John D. Carroll (mate). 
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The Tanager is ideally suited to our needs. She is one of the big 
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ocean-going class commissioned in 1918 as mine sweepers. She and the 
,r Lapwing ,r were the first of their class to see service in the rough work 
of "sweeping” in the North Sea. She is 187 feet over all by 3 5 feet beam 
and rates about 1000 tons. Civilian quarters below deck are necessarily 
cramped with hammocks swung three deep in four tiers, but the officers 
have canvassed in the top deck forward of the pilot house for our use -- 
the anti-aircraft guns being dismounted for the purpose -- and there I, 
for one, intend to eat, sleep and have my being unless we get into a wild 
blow. We are equipped with a whale boat motor-sailor (launch)^ a dingey 
and a self-bailer from the cutter service for our landing work. The navy 
is to handle the chow etc. exactly as for landing parties, sending a 
Filipino boy and coon cook, who are hashing out the chow for our table now, 
ashore at Laysan- 
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Running along in the lee 
of Oahu this afternoon is a good bit of all 
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-- private yachting has nothing on this. 
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5*10 p.M* sighted Kauai on our starboard sow iron crowsneso. 
