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Robert Hailey, Diary ( USS Indianapolis ), 7 December 1941



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Page 11 of Robert Hailey's diary
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[Page 11]

Sunny
Moderate

Friday- 12 December

Horror of horrors -I slept through G.Q. this am awakening only for Flight Qtrs. 15 min. later the 2000-2400 watch. so still got lots of sleep , hope never happens again.

Routine work -prepared to fuel from Neosha about noon at 1130 a submarine sighted about 5000 yards off port beam, near Chicago who was then fueling and us. The Chicago & Neosha separated rapidly - using quick release couplings and each up to full speed rapidly. We started fast maneuvering and got up to 27 knots -saw a couple of torpedoes fired -one at us , one at Lexington - both missed. DD's [destroyers] attempted to get the sub - apparently no success. Did not fuel since Neosha lost most of gear- will not fuel tomorrow probably.
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Citation : [Diary of Robert Hailey], 7 December 1941, Robert Hailey Papers.
Location : East Carolina Manuscript Collection, Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 USA
Call Number : Robert Hailey Papers #643.2.c.    Display Collection Guide

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