The sub., 1943-11-25

Mdny an AmeT1Cdu pEOuuCL1Ou worker, thousands of miles from the scene of action, played lead ing role in bringing back the cruis- CT BOISE from her death dual with six Jap warships."
 That emphatic assertion made by "Iron Mike" Moran, the BOISES gallant captain, highlighted com prehensive combat report which revealed for the first time the full details of the unfailing durability and accuracy of American equip ment in the actual test of battle.
 II wish the men and women who made our binoculars could have seen Jap cruisers explode through them." the report of gunnery off, ficer stated, for example, pointing out the invaluable assistance pro- vided by American-made optical equipment. We did-and it was a beautiful sight" Similar enthu- siastic approval occurs in the gen. eral report regarding all types of equipment used on the ship.
 The saga of the BOISE is known to all America today. Her reputa- tion as a "one-ship fleet" was well earned in the twenty-seven min- utes of action off Cape Esperance on the night of October 11-12. when her guns helped to send six enemy warships to the bottom.
 But even more miraculous than h offensive record was the feat of bringing the BOISE back. In- deed, when she flashed her recog- milton to the rest of the task force in the inky pre-dawn blackness following the battle, the Admiral in charge sent three additional queries from his flagship before he actually assured himself of the BOSSES identity.
 There was good reason for his skepticism. For the BOISE had received hits from no less than eleven enemy ''straddles. She had taken an 8-inch shell through her hull below the water line and
 
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 "The fire on the forecastle of the BOISE was so intense and of such size that we feared that she was lost" IT
 The BOISE was doing 20 knots when she coasted back into for nation. Her fires were out. Her damaged bulkheads were shOred up. Her holes were plugged with bedding. Pumps had sucked out much of the water she had taken in.
 It is almost 10000 miles from the scene of the battle to the Phil adelphia Navy Yard via Panama Canal. It took BOISE a full month but she made it under her own steam. Credit for her sur vival must go to her fighting crew and, to no less degree, to the com- plete seaworthineSs of the ship It. self in every detail. That is why Captain Moran says:
 "The men of the BOISE are proud of the way she stood up, proud to share credit for her sur- vival with the thousands of Amer jeans ashore who built into her and her equipment those qualities of durability and accuracy which sustained the BOISE throughout the test of the battle and the gruel- ling weeks that followed. They want every one of their country men to be fully award of the part they played in keeping her afloat."
 Department by department, off cer by officer, the men of the BOISE stepped forward to pay tribute to their compatriots on the production line and to tell first hand stories of the exceptional performance of their particular equipment in the BOISES fight for life.
 There was. for instance. the re- port on the faultless performance of the BOISE'S four 25,OO0 H. P. marine turbines, which brought the hard-hitting cruiser-"battered by