Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978 Page: 14
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14was with went in there, to get their civilian clothes.
As well as I recall, we were there a couple of days--a
couple of shore leave nights--and then we went back aboard
the ship.
Did you notice any tension or tenseness there in Long Beach?
No, I sure didn't. However, I did notice we had a number of
passengers. In addition to carrying fuel, we had all of our
empty bunk spaces and what-have-you . . . we carried transits.
They called them transit passengers. I hesitate to say how
many we had on that particular trip, but I would say at least
between twenty-five and thirty.
In other words, these were personnel who were going to be sent
off to the various other ships there at Pearl.
Correct. That was just one way of getting them out there. And
as I told you before, our cruise was very uneventful until our
first day that we approached the Hawaiian Islands when we saw
the signal of these unknown lights in the distance.
Do you recall what time that was?
That was at night.
And this would have been on the Saturday night of December 6th?
No, it would have been on a Friday night.
Which meant that they probably would have been. .
It's very possible it could have been Japanese submarines opera-
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Lowe, John, Jr. Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978, text, August 7, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529186/m1/16/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.