We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.Barney Ross
We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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I did not really know what to do. The searchlight was my battle station, but there was no need to be on a searchlight at 755 in the morning.
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When we were in Pearl, in order to get out of the sun, we always had awnings over the back end of the ship, the stern of the ship.
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The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something.
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