| 31. | During that day, the warship fired seven missions including two counter-battery actions and received 116 enemy rounds close aboard.
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| 32. | The second plane, aimed for the bridge, missed the island close aboard to starboard and hit the sea off the fantail.
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| 33. | Less than 20 minutes later, four bombs fell close aboard LST-389, and, over the next half hour, nine more exploded nearby.
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| 34. | Within the space of one minute, six exploded close aboard, shook the vessel considerably, and caused numerous broken light bulbs forward.
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| 35. | While anchored off Ngulu 17 October, with her engines secured, " Montgomery " sighted a mine floating close aboard to port.
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| 36. | Intense fire splashed two close aboard; but a third plane crashed into the port side of the flight deck, damaging it badly.
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| 37. | Their concentrated fire saved the ship from a second crash when the plane burst into flames and splashed into the sea close aboard.
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| 38. | On 18 November, she shot down a kamikaze plane, which crashed so close aboard that the pilot's parachute landed on the ship's forecastle.
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| 39. | The American schooner ran ashore and grounded where it became impossible for " Hope ", with her deeper draft, to draw close aboard.
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| 40. | On one occasion, " Taney "'s duties took her close inshore close enough to even receive fire close aboard from a Japanese shore battery.
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