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Account of the USS Canopus written by Capt. E. L. Sackett

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  • CHAPTER ?HK Th© Jap landing force was down, but not yet out. The fugged cliffs under which the remnants had taken refuge, wer© honeycombed with ere ices and oaves washed into the rock by wave action in ages past, Practially inaccessible from the land side, it was suicide to try to ferrit cut the desperat©** yellow m©n, who still had plenty of ammunition and food t© stand a long ©eig©» Bridget's men had been relieved of of the land fighting, but they had not lost interest in the course of events. Attacking the problem froa a sailor's viewpoint, they conceived a plan for cleaning cut the hornet's nests by shooting into them froa the sea* Her© again the CANOPUS repair men rose to the occasion. Conversion work was started on three of her forty-foot motor launches, to make them into "Miokey-Mourse Battlahips", armed with heavy machine guns and o light field piece,, and protected by boiler plate around the engin© and gun positions. No sooner had the first experimental model been finished, than an enthusiastic crew led by "Bap* Gcodoll, which had been waiting impatiently for another crack at the "Nips", put their brain child into oommission and started out. It was a seven or eight mile cruise by water to Longoskawon Point, but they mad© two round trips the first day, blasting scores of Japs out of their caves with gunfire. As evidenc© of their success, they brought in two pris-ners alive but dazed, and three ethers whieh had not survived th® return voyage* The second midget man-of-war was completed on the next day, and both craft steamed out for further glory. However, this time the hunting was not so good, and only four more Japs ©culd b© found to b© sent after their ancestors, although all the area was thoroughly cordbed* Our Canopus crew at last felt amply revenged for th© loss of the seven shipmates who fell during the land fighting, as w»ll as for the six who di©d in th© first bombing of the ship* They -raere n w veterans, and could look any man in the eye. There was soon more work for our minature* -war ©raft, however, Just after-Longoskiwan Point had been cleared, another landing had been made on Quinaueh Point, several miles further north. This landing had not been mad© without opposition, sine© Bulkeley's mosquito craffe &ad attacked the landing barges and the war vessels guardng them, while th© A my's few remaining P-4© fighters bombed and strafed everything in sight. Thirteen loaded barges wer© reported sunk, and a large destroyer hit by one of Bulkeley's torpedoes, but many of the Jap troops got ashore, and there was more work for th© Soouts, This tip © a whole week was required to push the "Japs over the ©liffs, as persistent efforts were mad© to reinforce their beaeh-head, supplies even being dropped by parachute during the battle. However, the Scouts, reinforced by light artillery, were not to be denied, and at the l„$t, our sea-borne ©lean- up squad "was again called in to disinfect the caves of Quin&uen Point* *HaE* Goodoll and his raiders did a thorough job, with thirty three vie- time counted when the last Japs were laid out for inspection. But this time, the little expedition was not so lueky as to get off unscathed* Four Japanese dive bombers, probably in belated r»spons© t© a frantie radio oall for help, - 16 -
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