At 445 pin, the first vessel was seen, hier White colour "appearing distinct through the evening - gloom fand a big hole on her port" side telling of her experience. She was ELMS, Ladybird, bombed and shelled at Wuhu, With her flag at half-mast she steamed slowly past Garden Bend to her mooring alongside HAMS. Folkestone and as she passed the USS, Augusta men on board stood io attention and saluted, Behind her was the USS, Oahu also with her flag half masted, and observers from. the shore "could plainly: see coffins covered with the Stars and Stripes at the stern as she slowly drew alongside the USS, Augusta which also lowered her flag to half mast, A Japanese destroyer was the third unit in the convoy and moored downstream and was closely followed by the Butter field and Swire steamer Wahtung and the Jardine steamer Kungwo, The Kungwo berthed alongside Hunt Wharf, but the Butterfield steamer,
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