9 a.m.
I 've posted a daylight look-out on top of the bluff ; it would be very awkward to be caught unawares in this place , which is only about 150 metres wide in places . I 'm taking advantage of the rest to give the crew some exercises and execute various minor repairs to the Diesels . * * * * * Yesterday we fought what must be one of the most remarkable single-ship actions of the war . At 9 a.m. the look-out on the cliffs reported smoke to the northward . I got the anchor up and made ready to push off , but still kept the look-out ashore . At 9.30 he reported a destroyer in sight , which seemed serious if she chose to look into my particular nook . At any rate , I thought , I would n't be caught like a rat , so I got my look-out on board -- a matter of ten minutes -- and then proceeded out , trimmed down and ready for diving .