Two of the enemy boats went down".
According to limited details released by the military, the exchange took place at dawn on Wednesday, resulting in injuries to five naval personnel, the capture of 32 assailants, and the destruction of four enemy boats.
The WWII-era pillbox, as it is called, was built to defend the United States from enemy boats that, thanks to war remaining at a safe distance, never reached its shores.
Having caught them by surprise they opened fire on the stationary boats and after a short engagement withdrew leaving two of the enemy boats on fire.
While frenzied men aboard the ships had reported wakes, searchlights, muzzle flashes, torpedoes, and enemy boats, Jim had seen absolutely nothing.
Coker navigated to the scene and called out airspeed, altitude and dive angle to allow the pilot to focus their attacks on the enemy boats as they in turn concentrated their fire at Coker's aircraft.
These ships will fight enemy boats, and blockade cities, without anyone knowing you were their commander.
Back in action, Holloway distinguished himself when on 16 April 1945, as flotilla commanding officer of the 28th in HM MTB 409, he attacked a convoy of German E-boats ("Enemy war motor boats") and barges, sinking one of them.
Indeed, it was a Kriegsmarine Enigma model, developed by the Navy to help sailors find the real thing when they boarded enemy U-boats, some prowling right off Coney Island.
As it happened, this methodical maneuver headed the Lusitania right toward the enemy U-boat; Captain Schweiger later told a friend, "She could not have steered a more perfect course if she had deliberately tried to give us a dead shot".
