Pirate Alley: a Novel
“Grant was the name of the freighter lying in the mud below the fort on the north side of the harbor. The slope of the hill came down to the beach at perhaps a thirty-degree angle, and the beach was perhaps fifty yards wide. The six-thousand-ton bulk carrier lay two hundred yards from the beach. She had been anchored there in June. Her bulk had caused the discharge from the small river to slow there, and silt to accumulate. In addition, the natural movement of sand southward along the beach was ...disrupted, so sand mixed with the silt. Susan B. Grant now rested solidly on the silt-sand mixture, which was building up around her hull. At most, only ten feet of water circulated around her rusty sides.
Ten feet of water was plenty for the SEALs. Five of them swam in after darkness had fallen and used grappling hooks to scale the seaward side of Susan B. Grant. Once aboard, they began inspecting the ship, searching for pirates and weapons and anything else that looked interesting.
Petty Officer First Class Doggy Reed was the senior man, and he kept Chosin Reservoir Ops appraised of his progress.MoreLess
Ten feet of water was plenty for the SEALs. Five of them swam in after darkness had fallen and used grappling hooks to scale the seaward side of Susan B. Grant. Once aboard, they began inspecting the ship, searching for pirates and weapons and anything else that looked interesting.
Petty Officer First Class Doggy Reed was the senior man, and he kept Chosin Reservoir Ops appraised of his progress.MoreLess
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