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-14- Requested weather reports from #8 and #9 at this time and received prompt answers. At 15:00 exchanged a message between our captain and Captain Simpson of #7. Worked #4 for a test as we passed #8 at 15:16. At 15:30 a weather report was secured from #11 in 5 minutes, and at 15:45 a report from #12 in 7 minutes. We passed #9 at 16:18. There was no destroyer #10 for some reason. #9 had been moved 17 miles to the eastward and #11, 17 miles to the westward. At 16:46 received a weather report from #14 and worked #4. Both said signals loud. Called the Shawmut at Lisbon at 17:00 but she did not answer. We passed #11 at 17:05. She had been audible for 25 minutes on the radio compass, approximately 40 miles. At 17:20 another test communication with #4 was carried out. She advised that she had left her station for Ponta Delgada at 14:00. Her signals were still good on 756, but weak on 1500. The Rochester at Lisbon then called us and said that Admiral Plunkett was on board. The Admiral then sent a message saying: "Fine work. Come along". At 17:50 I exchanged signals with the Shawmut at Lisbon and at 18:05 we passed #12. I then worked #4 again. Wiseman said he was only using 4-K.W. and that they would arrive Ponta Delgada about 10 P.M. This indicated that she was about at station #2, making the distance worked something like 520 miles. I promised him to call him at 18:30 but was busy with the Rochester for about a half hour and forgot about the Wilkes. The Rochester inquired when we expected to arrive, to which our Navigator replied: "Expect to arrive about eight oclock G.M.T. Please have search light on water trained into wind. Shall I land to north or south of Shawmut?" After a reply had been received I called the Wilkes at 18:47 but didn't hear a reply. We had passed #13 at 18:35. At 19:00 #14 bore 328[[degree symbol] or 32[[degree symbol] to the left and we passed to the right of him at 19:16. #14 then passed this information along the line for the Melville. Many Portugese stations were heard working. Cadiz (EBY) near Gibraltar was very loud and clear. At 19:47, just as the sun was getting low we entered the Tagus River, landing at Lisbon, at 20:01.