All the while they had to hide from Japanese boats.
Japanese fishing boats saved 61 sailors but 125 men lost their lives.
On the 17th, she captured a survivor of a wrecked Japanese boat.
The Japanese boat sank immediately and eighty-eight men were killed.
The vessels were about 100 feet long and bore the names of real Japanese fishing boats.
The Japanese boats fired a total of 13 warning shots across its bow, officials said.
In the hull of the Japanese fishing boat they built a still from which they were able to make fresh water.
As both sides learn of each other's existence on the island, tension mounts resulting in a battle for the Japanese boat.
At 1812, she launched four torpedoes and the Japanese boat erupted in a tremendous explosion.
Two other collisions involved the French and Japanese boats.