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miles distant.  It was not until NC-3 was nearly to station #4 that she was able to let out her trailing wire.

At 12:33 the following was copied from the Maumee on 756 meters: "Maumee will not be able to move for three days comma that heavy------".  It was afterward learned that she was in the vicinity of the Azores at this time.  All three planes passed station #4 at 00:43.  At this point Cape Race said signals good and Boston, then 1000 miles distant, was heard calling the Acushnet.

At 01:20 I told the destroyers that we were going to use the Aldis lamp to inspect the motors.

At 01:22 in shifting from 1500 meters down to 425 signals were heard on 1200 meters.  The station was calling "FFK" (Brest) and signing "NEC".  The following message was then copied:

"S/S GEORGE WASHINGTON ne-1 Ck. 126. Comfran - Position eight PM GMT May sixteenth.  Lat. 47-05' Long. 23-00.  Expect arrive Brest seven PM. GMT Sunday May eighteenth period Please furnish five hundred tons fresh water comma [[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]] eight hundred tons coal and stevedores upon arrival period carrying capacity three hundred fifty first class passengers six thousand three hundred thirty five troops and one hundred forty stretcher cases subject to material reduction if president and party - - - - swedish minister to United States and wife on board.  Please reserve Paris train accomodations (interference from UBZ calling CQ) - - - - - afternoon period Major General Squires and aide on board.  Please reserve Paris train accomodations for -------- eighty sacks navy mail" (Broadcast from #5, who we were directly over at 01:31 interfered with remainder of message).

The distance of the GEORGE WASHINGTON was 1175 nautical or 1325 statute miles at this time, and her signals were very good.  She was heard throughout the night working on 1200 meters.

At 02:00 Cape Race asked for a short story of flight, distance and anything of interest, also asking if I could get a report of NC-3.  I was not authorized to do this, so merely told him that everything was going O.K.

We passed #6 at 02:03 and the S.S. Abercorn asked if she could help us in any way.  Said her positionwas Lat. 43-30, Long. 45-50.

At this time #7 was bearing 7^o to the right.  We passed her at 02:43.  Her compass signals were audible 30 miles as hearly as I could compute.