| But just before 8 a.m., the 19-year old Marine bugler looked up from his watch post on the ship's quarterdeck to see Japanese planes overhead. |
| Inside a tent on the quarterdeck, Ishmael meets Captain Peleg, an elderly gruff man, who is one of the two owners of the ship. |
| Walker gripped the railing of the quarterdeck as another frigid wave swept over his ship. |
| He turned and continued his pacing along the windward side of the quarterdeck, easily adjusting his stride to the pitch and roll of the ship. |
| After the Japanese capitulated, the surrender ceremonies for Ocean and Nauru Islands were carried out on her quarterdeck. |
| Without an accurate chart, she anchored in Betano Bay at dusk on September 23, 1942 and commenced disembarking troops over her quarterdeck. |
