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When I was a cub reporter my boss told me be there don't let your own emotions color your story stick to the facts so these are the facts this is the way it happened I met Captain Jan Zabatos in a Scandinavian port during the last war he'd been in command of a submarine the only sub of a nation that fought the dictators side by side with the Allies when he was finally forced into this neutral port the captain preferred internment to surrender after that his nation went out of the business of being a nation he was left behind with his ship unwanted by the allies and a burden to the government that had become his permanent host to pay for the vessel's birth and maintenance the authorities turned her into a tourist exhibit permitting her skipper to stay aboard as caretaker and tourist guide we met during one of those guided tours a great ship with a peerless war record it was my honor and privilege to guide her across hostile waters as master of this man award that gave battle to the last torpedo thank you thank you you're very welcome all and this way if you you've got a few minutes captain I'm Bill Rawlins New York Globe I enjoyed your tour a lot thank you mr. Rawlins always glad to talk to gentlemen of the press I presume you would like to write a story on the seagull well to be honest about it sir I'd rather write about her skipper I am honored but without the seagull you won't have much of a story she and I are comrades in arms the war has been over a long time captain yes yes of course haven't you ever thought of going home mr. Rawlins this is my home and always will be as we walked across the deck the seagull came to life the way her skipper talked about her exploits at sea and I saw 1500 tons of steel that never fought it never failed I was busy taking notes when the man came up the gangplank stocky brisk dressed in a natty gray suit briefcase under his arm where do I find the man in charge I'm in command of the seagull Captain yon Shabbados what can I do for you the names Andrew says McCard I represent the Liverpool office of the marine salvage and surplus cooperation you mind if I look around the next tour of the seagull commences at 16 o'clock that's fine you go right ahead I know the way around ships bought and sold them all my life this is my first time afraid you must be mistaken sir the seagull is not for sale they're not anymore my company just bought her I closed the deal yesterday look this can't be nobody has authority to sell my ship the government has calling it a national law this isn't your ship any more captain and you realize when it costs his country to keep her docked here I suppose I knew that this was going to happen excuse me sir what does your company plan to do with the seagull scrapper what else is he good for yes of course what else is you plan to break her up here no no we'll have to tow her across Liverpool Mr. Andrews the seagull is perfectly capable to sail under her own power all the way across the North Sea must be pretty rusty by now my ship is in as good condition as she was 10 years ago when we put in this port I know how you feel skipper but if you don't mind I'd rather play it safe no I don't think I made myself clear sir this ship has had the finest maintenance that you find aboard any vessel I have seen to that myself would you care to go below and look about sure why not then if you will follow me she was a beauty all right her diesels were posing in gleaming silence her eye as ice periscope set to scan the horizon her tubes ready for torpedoes I felt a strange affinity toward this ship that Andrews meant just so many tons of metal to be turned into X amount of dollars while to her captain she was a whole world of tradition the world now coming to an end and still I suppose you think that the seagull should be dismantled and scrapped well I'm afraid that's what we bought her for then may I respectfully make a last request on her behalf I'll be happy to oblige if it's anything reasonable don't don't tow her away like a cripple ship let me guide her on this last journey all we need is one week a skeleton crew my services are free I don't know all right now I'll tell you what skipper I'll check with my company and get in touch with her well that sounds like a good idea to me Andrews you'd be saving your company quite a bit of money my firm's allergic to taking chances you don't take chances with the seagull the cold logic of the dollar in the bank not the captain's last request persuaded the scrap middleman to take a well calculated risk on the seagull and her master mr. Andrews was to accompany the ship on her final journey I requested and was granted permission to go along and cover the voyage for my paper it was a gray overcast morning when we boarded the seagull she was straining gently at her anchors with the last of the ad tide I hope skipper hired a decent cook I think I can see a to give a man an appetite I'm not looking forward to a picnic mr. Andrews all I want is a story you won't find it in this bar drawings but I can give you plenty of stories my company isn't diverse to publicity when we reached the bridge we found a changed man captain yonza bottles commander of the submarine seagull wearing a freshly creased uniform windbreaker and his well-worn battle anchor secure sir all engines back up all engines back after course 005 005 sir port engine back two-thirds starboard engine a head standard what engine back two-thirds starboard engine the head standard sir stand by all hands standing by sir now gentlemen we are all chilly this morning skipper perfect way down makes you hungry anyway what time do we have served in my quarters in 10 minutes mr. Andrews well down rolling let's get some child we had breakfast it was better than Andrews had expected and he was in an expansive mood when we returned to the bridge he'd fortified himself with a thick cigar which stuck out of his mouth like a stubby finger pointed at the captain passing the three-mile zone sir whether it seems to be clearing up if we do a little deep-sea fishing our own I have never fished from a submarine mr. Andrews sorry gentlemen no fishing this is not a pleasure cruise that's a step skipper business before pleasure and I agree sir you believe the bridge now why what's wrong nothing sir we are getting ready to submerge sir what are you talking about submerge on whose orders my orders mr. Andrews nothing doing that's against regulations and you know it this trip is to be made on the surface unless there's an emergency diving rudders diving rudders clear sir did you hear what I said ready the tanks thanks standing by sir that's enough you know what the orders are I'm not going to allow you must inform you sir that I am in sole command of the seagull I shall surrender her to no one but her rightful owner my country your country you've got no country it's a satellite then I shall sail the seas until I have one again you know what you're saying that's piracy then mr. Andrews I shall be a pirate shanty we're deduct diving stations diving stations standing by sir I'd found my story when we slip beneath the surface of the North Sea the captain let the men have rum and brandy to celebrate the seagulls return to what he called active duty crazy he's gone stock raving crazy the crew that madman picked himself well we'll see about this hey bosson bosson come over here how to handle this ship I know my job sir how'd you like a bonus say a thousand dollars like it finds her all right take over never mind the captain I'll back you up I'm sorry sir he's my captain I'm in charge of this ship he's under my orders yes I'm sorry sir I'm under his orders that's how it went with the rest of the crew they were all men without a country handpicked by the captain fanatically devoted to their master and the ship that was their world in the meantime I noticed some activity on the part of the captain in his radio operator a constant flow of communications between the ship's wireless and her master's tiny cabin Andrews and I went there the captain was sitting on the bunk pouring over a chart filled table mind if you and I have a little talk I'm quite busy five minutes mr. Andrews thank you don't you think this farce has gone far enough you'll be running out of supplies you know and then one the sea is abundant with stores of all kinds mr. Andrews how do you mean I shall requisition what I need you can't be serious can't I I have guns for and aft shells to go with them give me time I shall obtain torpedoes as well you'll never get away with it that remains to be seen my wireless has picked up the Blenheim castle and English freighter we will sight her by nightfall you're going to stop her exactly mr. Andrews there are a few supplies that we need I am sure her captain will oblige before continuing on his way we will return to escape in just a moment but first maybe it rained where you are today the United States is pretty big and it's hard for somebody on a coast-to-coast network to keep track of the weather everywhere but even if they did remember it's been a very dry summer the danger of forest fires is on every hand please be careful with those campfires those cigarettes those lighted matches and now back to escape approximately eight hours later the versions pipe shrilled as the seagull rose stealthily to the ocean surface dead ahead in a choppy sea loom the massive hull of the freighter Blenheim castle her foaming nose eerily phosphorescent the position lights glimmering across the sea our searchlight reached up to her bridge with a long white finger we clearly made out the tankers captain standing on his bridge in a splotch of white glare bellowing through a megaphone peace and captain's about us had started his own private war he had the guns and the tankers captain had only his ship before the seagull's gun crew could get a bearing the tanker lurched forward picking up speed wheel hard over bent on ramming us our gun started to fire blasting away at the tanker but it kept coming on closer closer the sharp bow cutting through the choppy sea we weren't fast enough there was a grinding lurch and we knew the seagull had been damaged in the collision with the freighter but we couldn't tell how badly the first realization of disaster came and we saw the captain his hair damp with perspiration eyes gleaming feverishly in a face turned ashen gray nobody leaves his station without my orders you gentlemen stay out of the way I'm not going to take orders from you or anybody else I represent the owners of this ship you do you heard me some others then tell your owner she has been rammed I'll hold you responsible as her commander I accept solar responsibility for ship and crew including you and mr. all that's very noble mr. but I'm a businessman what's the extent of the damage conning towers smashed on the scope tube crack oh that's great that's great well surface and an SOS I never have sent an SOS and I never will that's your business I'm an American citizen so is mr. all and you can't hold us against you will be put to shore when conditions are favorable let me set you straights about us if you want to get down in misery I'm not stopping you but you can't force me to stick around until this tin cans full of holes I want to get out of here I order you for the last time surface the signal for help Andrews if you wish to leave now you may take a scape at your craze not at all the damage is trifling but since you feel so frightened of your life I suggest that you leave so help me when we get out of this I'm going to have you busted jail get out of my way if you please I have no time to discuss the matter with you come on Andrews who side you on anyway Rollins nobody's I just want to live hours pass slowly at the ocean bottom the stillness echoing the attempts of the men working to repair the damage the air was getting foul breathing becoming more difficult storage batteries going sir then dim the lights both oxygens running low ration it I've got two men in sickbay already alright carry on sir what what what is it bosson the men need air it's very bad aft alright very well bosson we go up all engines ready all engines ready sir clear pressure tanks clearing tanks are diving rather standard vessels approaching overhead sir he's rather hold tanks pretty subchaser closing in sir request ship to ship communication I talked to them standby SS seagull coming in go ahead and that's 127 you're in trouble seagull no trouble sir surface of once state your conditions now I regretfully refuse her following orders seagull come up or we drop death charges do so then you can't get away you've got a sonar fix on you no surrender charges seagull the first depth charge was a warning followed by another coming closer go closer the pressure was enormous the ship rocked from bow to stern and started to take water all engines head full all engines head full sir force zero two standard and this is wrong it can't help now stand out of my way mr. Orleans you're a naval officer not a murderer your ship is finished you have no right to kill your crew and that's what it's gonna mean if you don't stop this this is my ship my life don't understand it's still murder ending by your order sir well what are you gonna do surface surface surface stand by surface no response sir tanks won't operate all engines stop all engines stop I seem to have no choice do I stand by to abandon ship that was almost the end of it the sub couldn't get up to the surface she could only go down and the way she was taking water it wasn't going to be long the men lined up outside the escape chamber and one by one they shook hands with the captain as they moved by he could see in his eyes what they meant to him and in their low voices their feelings for him then it was Andrew's turn to go the boss is in the locked he will give you instructions how to get to the surface I live through this I'm going to see I know I know I am sorry for the discomfort you have been caused goodbye mr. Andrews coming coming Rollins sure you go ahead one at a time you know well good luck and to you now mr. Orleans sir I imagine you would have quite the story to write for your newspaper well let's forget that it's not important what about you Andrews isn't kidding you know once you get up I wonder if would you do me one last service of course he got his log out and started to write I looked over his shoulder as he made his last entry all men off ship strong list to port storage batteries zero oxygen 20 ship secure signed captain Jan Zabatos commander SS Seago you obliged me by taking this log up with you it can be fastened to your belt well why don't why don't you carry it there are one or two other things I must take me now look if you know mr. Orleans go on I will follow you yes please go on okay hurry up though will you she won't last long I got up to the surface a boat from the sub chaser picked me up five minutes later every man of the crew and Andrews was safe after that we cruised about for hours waiting hoping that Zabatos would appear but he didn't I should have known he'd stay with the seagull the skipper of the chaser understood what had happened a lot better after he'd read the log I guess seaman have a feeling about such things well that's the story that's all there is to it under the direction of Anthony Ellis escape has brought you the log a story by Marianne Mosder and Francis Rosenwald starring Lawrence Dubkin and Byron Kane featured in the cast where Alan Reed Kurt Martell Frank Gerstle Eric Snowden Richard Peel and Jim Nussar the special music for escape was composed and conducted by Leith Stevens next week walking the streets of an Indian city terrifying sweltering streets while the man you fear has already made his mark on you a mark from which there can be no escape so listen next week when escape will bring you James Henderson's frightening story the untouchable I confess is the graphic title of tomorrow night's luxe radio theater film play adaptation Kerry Grant and Phyllis Thakster co-star you'll remember I confess as one of Alfred Hitchcock's most suspenseful thrillers and you'll enjoy every minute of it on most of the same stations tomorrow night when CBS radio presents the luxe radio theater this is Roy Rowan speaking remember you can hear Jack Benny every Sunday night on the CBS radio network