A really unlucky man can break a tooth on a cheese soufflé, get bitten by the gentlest of Chihuahuas, lose a big poker pot holding four kings. Some ships are like thatfor example, the U.S. Navy's destroyer escort Silverstein. During World War II, Silver stein* went aground on a Hawaiian coral reef, later was damaged in a typhoon. Fortnight ago, a locker of depth-charge-launcher cartridges exploded aboard the ship, injuring five crewmen.
Last week Silverstein got it again. On antisubmarine maneuvers off Pearl Harbor, Commander Charles S. Swift, the skipper, looked up to see...
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