CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
USS Halibut – Kuril Straits
We transited for three days of tranquility. The only interesting events were the launching of the radio buoy with the squirt message, and our subsequent receipt of the confirmation. The Skipper spent a long time composing the message, and I’m certain he was specific as to time and place, with more than one backup should we miss the rendezvous. The message went out during my sleep period, and I remained blissfully unaware of the event. Not that it really mattered anyway, because it consisted of loading the message into the buoy, setting the flooding mechanism, coming to 300 feet or less, and launching it. Unless you were on watch or in the Torpedo Room, you never knew it happened.
As it turned out, the Skipper also gave several specific ti
