At 0830, five enemy destroyers steamed over the horizon off her starboard quarter.

There was a fleet of about eight local junks, fishing, right off our starboard quarter.

Cat turned back to the approaching boat, which had stopped perhaps ten yards off his port quarter.

They were off my starboard quarter, closing fast, automatically falling into combat spread.

He was now two miles off their quarter above them, with the sun at his back.

At about 0500, a bomb exploded about 200 feet off her starboard quarter.

The enemy planes dropped three bombs off Triumph's port quarter but caused no damage.

Later that evening, the transport joined other ships in splashing an enemy aircraft 2,000 yards off her starboard quarter.

At 08:30, five Japanese destroyers steamed over the horizon off her starboard quarter.

What the Lydians saw was an empty sea off their port quarter.