 Believing that it was a U.S. Navy submarine which had come to fetch them, the four young colonists rushed down the steep western beach in front of Millersville towards the shore.The submarine answered their waves with fire from its deck gun, but no one was hurt in the attack.On February 7, 1942, the USCGC "Taney" evacuated the colonists, then shelled and burned the dwellings.