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I carry. I could have done some nice collecting; We are a submarine salvage craft, (a converted mine sweeper) and we have no end of [[hoist?]] diving equipment and cable with which I might have dredged. There are two captains [[strikeout]]abord[[/strikeout]]aboard Capt. (Freddy) Laing who went to the Acad. with Brady's ([[snake?]] [[strikeout]]man[[/strikeout]]boy of [[words?]] & museum now in New York) brother; Laing is Capt of Mallard, Picken's is Capt of whole expedition which includes 6 subs. One of the officers has a citation for helping with Squalus rescue. I hope to get a full list ^[[of]] names soon. [[underlined]]Eats are good (& a reasonable mess share)
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Had our Neptune party today 1-3 p.m. for about 39 men. A very lively well dressed party Davy Jones had an admirals coat made of a blue shirt cut to swallowtails behind and an edging of yellow