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down the Coast, where the engines were stopped & the carcase dumped; on the return trip a French T.B.D. steamed along close to us; in passing the headland at the entrance it crossed our bows; to avoid colliding with it our skipper had the helm ported which caused his vessel to run ashore: Soon the clear water was discolored with the red mud that was being stirred up by the propeller going full speed astern; she was hardest aground abaft 'midships, so 80 tons of water had to be pumped out of the tanks amidships
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