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Captain?

Doesn't look like much to fret over, Sam.

Steady as she goes.

As she goes, sir.

I bet a flotsam ain't about to hold you back from Port Spencer now.

Hi, Captain.

Well, it's those Sunrise Avenue girls I'm worried about.

Three weeks without you, they tell me the poor little thing's go berserk.

Mrs. Swede, main engine's out, steam lines are ruptured, and we're starting

take water.

All stop.

Abandon ship.

Sam, get the boats in the water.

Where's Mike?

I don't see him, Captain.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin Warner Brothers production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks,

with guest stars Ralph Bellamy, Elizabeth Allen,

and special guest star Mark Richman.

Tonight's episode.

The death win.

The same paths of the sea which had been the familiar peaceful roadways of the

Kalana Princess had brought her to violent death.

A Coast Guard Marine Board of Inquiry convened in Honolulu to investigate what

seemed like an unfortunate accident.

What neither the board nor her owner, Captain Benjamin Jennerson, knew was

information received by the FBI in Washington raised the possibility that

sinking might have been deliberate.

and that the death of Chief Engineer Michael Smith, Jennison's friend of 20

years, might have been murder.

Mr. Locu, was it unusual for Captain Jennison to ignore items of waste in the

path of his ship?

We were in a hurry, sir. You previously steamed through comparable flotsam?

Yes, sir. Like it was nothing.

Thank you, Mr. Locu.

Captain Benjamin Jennison.

August, you were in command of the Kalana Princess out of Honolulu, Oahu

bound for Port Spencer, Hawaii.

That's correct, sir.

It has been established that you were proceeding in excess of normal speed.

Yes, sir.

Why was this?

I had my first full load of cargo in some months. I was anxious to make

delivery.

Your residence is where?

Port Spencer.

You were heading for your home port?

Yes, sir.

Did you consider that your excessive speed might have been a hazard to the

Princess or to other craft?

My ship may have been old, sir.

She was a hazard to no one.

I wonder if I might raise a point here, Captain.

Oh, Captain, Mr. Charles Sprague, legal counsel for the Pacific Marine Insurance

Company, is asked to be present.

Yes, sir.

Go ahead, Mr. Sprague.

Isn't it true that in July of last year...

you were advised that your vessel was in need of very substantial repairs and

that a three -year marine insurance policy terminating at the end of this

would not be renewed without those repairs?

That's true, yes.

And weren't you further advised that even with these added repairs, there was

guarantee that the policy would be renewed?

Yes, you told me that.

Were these repairs made before the Kalana Princess exploded and sank?

No, they... had not.

Wouldn't it be fair to state then that on August 11th you took an old vessel

which my company regarded as uninsurable into an area which contained obvious

hazards to navigation?

Mr. Sprague. An area that you could easily have avoided by a simple change

course. Who could possibly have known there was a mine out there?

That's what sunk my ship.

I have nothing further at this time.

However, I wish to state that my company is withholding payment.

until it is satisfied that all the facts in this accident are fully known.

Mr. Sprague, this board is to establish those facts.

We are even more anxious to clear up this matter.

No more serious charge can be made against a merchant marine officer than

he deliberately endangered his ship or the lives of its crew.

Inspector? Warren, good to see you. Welcome to the islands.

SAC Berwick, Special Agent Rhodes. How do you do? Rhodes?

Board of Investigation's underway?

And moving fast.

They've taken the testimony of Jennison and his crew.

How's it look?

The men on his crew are devoted to him. They've backed him 100%. Come on, we're

just in time to see the wind -up.

It is the opinion of this Marine Board of Investigation that the Kalana

struck a mine of the type used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War

II.

that there was no evidence of negligence, imprudent seamanship, or

the part of the ship's personnel.

The entire crew performed their duties in a commendable manner and in

with the best traditions of the sea.

Captain, congratulations, and you would make it.

I'm almost sorry we can't leave it at that.

These lengths of copper wire were collected by Coast Guard cutters in the

area where the Princess went down.

They all seem to be part of one continuous copper wire exploded and

the blast. I've sent samples to Washington.

Warren, could these have come from the ship?

They might have, but the Coast Guard divers who've been over the wreck

found anything similar in the exploded section of the hull.

Then the line might have been attached to the mine to hold it in a fixed

position in the water.

Yes, sir.

And these are from the mine itself.

That's right.

Imperial Japanese Navy, World War II. Isn't that a little unusual at this late

date? No, not as unusual as you might think.

Most of these islands were protected by minefields of some sort.

Over the years, the individual mines break away.

Every so often, the Navy finds one or two in the lanes of heavy traffic. They

blow them up.

Warren, I understand the Coast Guard divers are still going out every day.

Yes. How come?

The Kalana Princess was carrying cylinders of chlorine in one of her

Inspector. Chlorine?

They've kept it quiet to avoid public panic.

Well, is there any danger at this point?

So far, the divers have determined that the cylinders are intact.

But if that chlorine should escape, mixed with water, it becomes the same

poisonous gas used in World War I, and with a high wind to spread it.

What are you doing?

Paying some bills.

My master's fees are due.

I didn't think you'd have to pay that now.

I was cleared.

Somebody could offer me another ship.

There is the possibility.

Of course.

Are we going to stay home again tonight?

Was there someplace you wanted to go?

Not especially.

I just wasn't sure how long this period of mourning was supposed to go on.

Forget it, Gloria.

You tell me to forget it, and you won't forget it, not for a minute.

You had a ship. It sank.

All right, accidents happen. Why do you keep blaming yourself? I said forget it.

She was a fine ship once. I wish you could have seen her.

I have seen quite enough of her in the last six years.

But she was tired.

She was worn out.

And I couldn't afford to fix anything.

Well, that was my fault, naturally. I didn't say it was your fault.

You've said it often enough before. Gloria.

All right?

Neither do I.

I'm going to the club. Do you want to come along?

No.

Gloria.

What?

When you go alone, who do you find to

talk with?

Last night, the place was full of movie stars, and I just went from one to the

other, laughing and dancing.

And last week, it was the international set, right off the Riviera.

And before that, let's see.

I'm sorry.

I've left you alone a lot, I know.

I'm sorry about that.

All you need is your ship.

But it was always you first. You know that.

Always you.

I'll look in on you later.

Just be sure you come back to me.

I always have.

John?

What have you got?

Hi, Mr. Worden. There's something very interesting on that mine fragment from

Honolulu. I've been going over a cross -section of this skin.

Would you like to take a look at it? Yeah.

Now, you can see it's been given three separate coats of paint in addition to

the initial primer.

Now, the bottom one, the original one, was probably applied when the mine was

manufactured in Japan.

And the second one?

Well, it matches the sample of Japanese paint we've got in our files.

It was probably applied about the same time.

The analysis shows considerable erosion in both layers.

Erosion, huh?

From the salt water and the tides? No, sir. Neither coating shows any evidence

of exposure to ocean water.

Well, it is an underwater mine.

It is. There's no doubt about that.

What about the third layer?

Well, now, that's the interesting part.

A sample analysis indicates that the final coating was probably developed and

marketed by an American firm.

You see, it's a protective paint.

one which forms up one of the newer synthetic plastics.

It wasn't marketed until, oh, the late 50s in the United States.

Can you tell how long it was in the water?

Well, not the specific length of time, but due to the general appearance of the

paint, it's reasonable to assume that the mine wasn't subjected to those

conditions for very long. How long?

Less than a year? Oh, no, less than a month.

I couldn't possibly have drifted away from a World War II field.

No, sir. That was anchored there, deliberately.

It might help to have that anchor, don't you think, John?

Yes.

The princess went straight to the bottom, so we know where she hit the

We're dead center of that now, but we have no idea of the actual length of the

cable.

Any problem with depth here?

Well, nothing you shouldn't be able to handle.

gas. Let's get out of here.

Hammond in yet?

Tell him I want to see him.

You look different without your sailor suit on, Ben.

You seem smaller.

I talked to Sam Loku today. He was down on the pier looking for work.

He says there's a rumor that the FBI's on this case now.

Oh?

And what did you say?

Nothing. But you're worried, right?

Not about the FBI.

straight.

Hammond.

Did Gloria seem to be having a good time here last night?

She had a few drinks.

A few drinks and people would convince themselves they're having a good time.

Did she dance with anybody?

How many?

Ben, I mean, you don't want to take a dancing. What do you expect? I've tried.

I make a fool of myself. I'm clumsy.

How many?

I didn't notice. One or two, maybe.

Why don't you give her up?

I couldn't explain it to you. You wouldn't understand.

You wanted money.

That's all there is to understand.

All right, you got it.

Now, what are you complaining about?

Let me tell you something, Hammond.

I went to sea when I was 13 years old. I shipped out with cutthroats that would

make you look like the angel Gabriel in comparison.

Butchers, kidnappers, men who'd... kill their own mothers if there was five

cents profit in it.

But in all that time, in all that company, I never met a captain who'd

sink his own ship.

Much less hire a jailbird like me to place the mine, huh?

But you know, Ben, maybe these other fellas never had your reason.

Gloria isn't a reason.

Gloria's a disease with me.

A fashionable and expensive one.

You know the terrible part of it?

The $20 ,000, even if Sprague pays it, even that won't keep her with me very

long.

Yes? Inspector Erskine and Special Agent Rhodes are here. Send them right in.

That was a message to the pier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Tegg, U .S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Inspector Erskine. Mr. Tegg, how

you do? And Special Agent Rhodes. How do you do, sir? How do you do? The Coast

Guard has consulted Mr. Tegg concerning the tidal effects on the sunken ship,

the slope of the ocean floor, and so on.

He's also been told about the cargo of chlorine.

One of the cylinders already has a leak, Warren.

I think we'd better ask the Coast Guard to try and raise that chlorine as soon

as possible.

Yes, well, Mr. Tegg has been following the progress of the case, and something

else has come up.

You better tell them about it, Mr. Tegg. Our instruments have picked up a series

of seismic shocks.

Here, let me show you.

They're occurring off the southern coast of Chile.

Wasn't there a big earthquake in Chile a few years ago?

In May of 1960.

It produced a tsunami, a tidal wave, that almost destroyed Hilo and Port

Spencer.

How bad are these shocks?

Bad enough to create another tidal wave.

Are you suggesting that this may upset the chlorine in the ship?

Mr. Rhodes, if an underwater slippage occurs and a major wave develops and

the island, the backwash will pound that ship to pieces.

Who's the mayor of Port Spencer?

A man named Edo.

I'd like you to set up a meeting with him, Captain Cargill, Mr. Teague.

Yes, sir. For what time?

As soon as they can get here.

Captain Jennison?

Ah, Swede.

Hi, Swede. Sit down, sit down.

Drinks?

Rye.

Rye. I have another.

Just lay it on the ice, huh?

You know, Captain, I go back 20 years with you.

Right. In fact, there's only one man goes longer.

Micah's with me in the war.

I know.

I was the youngest skipper in the Marine.

17 convoy crossings.

Micah's with me in all of them.

I know that, sir.

You're good health.

Sweet.

Well, look,

sir, I've got this offer to go to work with

another captain.

So I thought it was all right with you.

You take that job, sweet.

But stay loose, because one of these days, we're going back to sea.

New ship, back to sea.

We sure will, sir. Sure will.

You all right, Captain?

17 convoy crossings.

Never lost a ship.

Think I'd better be going, sir.

Keep him supplied.

Don't say hello.

Hello.

Waiting a while?

Doesn't matter.

Where were you?

I was at the beach.

A little sun and surf. Had a couple of drinks with some friends.

That new blonde cocktail waitress?

No, that old red -headed cocktail waitress.

If you consider 23 old.

I saw Ben's car outside.

Oh, did you?

The Admiral's been drinking pretty heavy lately.

You better watch it.

Well, maybe you should stop pouring it down him.

Why?

Keeps him out of mischief, doesn't it?

And out of your beautiful hair.

Now, why don't you stop worrying about him? He's got everything he needs right

there at the bar.

A bottle, a clean glass, and a lot of lovely dreams.

Why, right now, he's sitting there commanding all his ships at sea.

Oh, shut up.

You're very nervous today where the Admiral's concerned, sweetheart.

I don't know why I come here.

He's a better man than you'll ever be.

You're not going to get into your argument for me there.

But you wouldn't believe how many wives have told me about the better, finer men

they were married to.

And I've often wondered...

Why don't they stay home with their better, finer men?

Maybe that's where I ought to be right now, with him.

Yeah. Sure, why not?

Why don't you walk out right now?

It'll, uh, give you a lot of class.

A departure from your usual form.

Evacuation?

When do you mean?

Now? Can it be done, Mr. Atto?

Well, we do have an evacuation plan.

We've had one since the 60 wave.

But are you sure there'll even be a tidal wave, Mr. Tague? We are at this

yes, sir.

Does Mayor Atto know about the chlorine?

Yes.

Where is the wave now, Mr. Tague?

Here.

6 ,200 miles from Port Spencer.

It's cresting at two and a half feet, and it's traveling at a little more than

420 miles an hour.

Perfectly harmless.

It hits that beach.

Doesn't give it much time.

It's nearly 6 p .m.

I'd say that wave will strike the Princess at approximately 9 a .m.

morning. You seem to know a great deal about this wave, Mr. Tague.

Everything, except how to stop it.

You say even a small wave may damage the cylinders, release the chlorine?

Unless they can be raised before the wave hits.

And if there's a wind?

Captain, how long is a salvage operation like this normally scheduled for?

Three weeks.

We've got 15 hours.

We'll do what we can.

I'll order the kids out first.

Well, his divers have cut through the hull.

All of the cylinders are intact.

They've plugged that leak you discovered, so we're all set until the

hits. How many have they raised?

Well, it's a slow process.

They're half buried and sealed. He hopes to have the first one up by sunrise,

with luck.

Berwick? Oh, yes, sir.

Hang on.

Mr. Ward.

Yes, Arthur.

Lewis, we may have something further on the explosive used.

On February 7th, a Japanese naval mine was stolen from a surplus depot in

Okinawa. The mine was defused and had been quoted as part of a routine

maintenance. The case is still open.

Well, it was defused. It might have been shipped out. I'll run a check on it

here.

What was the date of that Okinawa theft again?

February 7th.

Have you come up with anything more on Jennison?

He's under 24 -hour surveillance.

He's made one interesting contact.

Owner of a bar in Port Spencer, Theodore Darrell Hammond.

1951, court -martialed Seoul, Korea.

Black market transactions.

And guilty, stockade, dishonorable discharge.

1956, assault on the person.

1958, suspicion of armed robbery.

1960, assault on the person. Woman refused to prosecute.

Nice boy.

Well, something even more interesting.

He sees a good deal of Jenison's wife socially.

How's the evacuation going?

Any panic?

None at all. These are remarkable people.

Well, they're sending more gas masks from the mainland.

There ought to be enough for everybody on the island by noon tomorrow.

Will that help?

By noon?

Yeah, that'll help.

Well, I hope so.

You know, I used to have a recurrent nightmare when I was a boy.

I'd be at a ball game, and the pitcher would throw a hard, fast one.

And I'd know it was going to hit the batter.

And I'd yell.

But there wasn't anything I could do to help.

Sometimes that's the hardest place to be, Art.

In the stands.

Yeah.

Well, good luck, Lewis.

Thanks.

Have him get the plane ready. I'm going to Port Spencer.

Yes.

for residents living north and west of Moana Boulevard will be Branch Road 8

8 -3.

Please stay tuned to this station for all evacuation instructions.

Jennerson left his house a little after 9, made no special contacts. He's down

by the pier now.

Well, the court order on the bank records came through. The poor Spencer

examined the Jennerson accounts himself.

There was a checking account in both of their names and one in Mrs. Jennerson's

name alone.

Any luck in the takeaways we found?

Yes, a hardware chain. Ling and Sons carries the item, but there's no record

either of the Jennersons having purchased them.

Find out where the clerks were evacuated to and have them shown pictures of

Hammond. All right.

Where's Mrs. Jennerson now?

She just returned home.

Alone? Uh -huh.

Let's pay her a visit.

Do you think that's a good idea?

She's bound to tell her husband the FBI was around. She'll probably tell

Hammond, too.

Be interesting to find out which one she tells first, won't it?

Yes, sir.

Who is it?

FBI, Mrs. Jennison. My name's Eskin.

The FBI?

If you want to see Ben, he isn't here.

Actually, we'd like to talk to you.

Me?

Why?

What am I supposed to have done?

Special Agent Rhodes, Mrs. Jennison.

Well, won't you come in and sit down?

Thank you.

I've just been listening to the news about that tidal wave in the chlorine.

It's terrible.

You can't imagine what it's doing to Ben.

Mrs. Jennison, are you acquainted with a man named Theodore Hammond?

Do I have to answer these questions?

No, you don't. Would you rather consult a lawyer first?

Well, no, I guess it would be all right to admit I know Ted. Yes, I am

acquainted with Mr. Theodore Hammond.

Mrs. Jennison, we obtained a court order allowing us to examine two checking

accounts in a Port Spencer bank.

One in your name and another in Mr. Hammond's.

What? Right. In the last year, Mrs. Jennison, you've apparently sent checks

Hammond totaling well over $5 ,000.

They were in repayment for small loans made usually at the bar.

To you or to the captain?

To both of us.

The payments seem to have been made at fairly regular intervals.

Well, there were times I'd run short of household cash and I'd borrow the money

from Ted and then repay him by check.

Well, there was a six -week period between January and March when no

were made.

Well, I...

I believe Mr. Hammond was out of town at that time.

Do you know where he went?

Okinawa, I think.

Mrs. Jennerson, have you been informed of the evacuation procedure?

Yes. Good.

Well, thanks very much, Mrs. Jennerson.

Mr.

Erskine. Yes?

I don't understand.

Ben was cleared by the Board of Investigation, and I certainly haven't

anything wrong.

So, uh, just...

What are you investigating?

Good night, Mrs. Jennison.

Good night.

I told you to get out of Port Spencer.

I've been waiting for you. Where have you been?

What are you doing here?

Ben?

What?

Two men from the FBI came to the house last night.

To see me?

They're investigating something. They didn't tell me what.

What really happened to the princess?

She hit a mine.

Accidentally?

Accidentally.

Gloria, there isn't much time.

I know that.

I was

wrong.

We'll take the insurance money and we'll go back to the mainland.

Maybe we'll open a little business.

on home and pack i want to watch the salvage a minute i'll be along in a

all right all right

The fact is we simply don't have as much time as we thought we had.

Another slippage has occurred here.

That wave is now cresting at three feet, and its speed has increased to 500

miles an hour.

Which will put it in Port Spencer when?

Approximately 7 .30 tomorrow morning. You sure about that?

All right, Mike, thanks.

We found the man who sold the anchor weights.

He's positively identified Hammond as the one who bought them.

leave him a note.

Because I was worried about him. I wanted to make sure he was all right.

And is he all right?

No.

Then you wasted time.

What else did the FBI ask you?

I don't remember.

You're pushing my patience, sweetheart.

I still don't see why you couldn't have called me as soon as they left your

house.

I didn't know you'd have to run.

I could have been out of here by now.

Without me?

Why not?

We could have met somewhere later on.

They aren't after you, sweetie.

Won't they still be after you later on? When we meet? If we meet?

Ted?

Why do they want you?

Gloria, just shut up.

Ben did sink the princess.

Did you help him?

No.

You're lying.

But how you ever talked him into it?

Listen, I didn't have to talk him into anything.

There was 40 ,000 insurance split right down the middle.

Ben loved that ship.

That's right.

He loved that ship with a love that was touching to see. But he was sick, baby

sweetheart, diseased up here. You know what I mean?

Nothing could help him because he loved you more.

He would have blown up Honolulu to keep you in spending money.

So I figured I might as well do my bit.

I mean, it was all...

Headed my way anyway, wasn't it?

Listen, not to me.

You don't do that to me.

Inspector?

A wooden case weighing 1 ,060 pounds was shipped from Okinawa to Pearl Harbor

via Narakamaru February 10th.

Ultimate consignee, Bertram Janicek, General Freight Depot, Hawaii.

Bertram Janicek.

Benjamin Jennerson.

Handwriting analysis says the signature is Jennerson's.

He signed for it, picked it up February 16th. All right, good.

Jennerson's on his way to the Crest Club.

Let's bring him in.

Stay away from her, Ben.

She's dead.

You killed her.

It was an accident.

She tripped. She hit her head.

Ben, quit pretending to be a man.

Leave this whole business alone.

Why don't you just lie down and die?

You went down with your ship, Captain.

Everybody knows that except you.

She knew it.

This was a very profound emotional experience for your little car hop.

You know, for a minute there, Ben, it even made her faithful to you.

Put your hands up.

Yes?

Well, thank you very much, Captain.

He had all the chlorine up.

So, it's over.

Well, she's right on schedule.

This is the fourth official emergency announcement from the office of Mayor

The tidal wave has crested and broken over the city.

The time of maximum impact has begun and will continue through the night.

There have been no deaths attributed to the storm.

That man deserves a medal.

I think the only reward he wants is to see the children come back.

All of them.

Well, Warren, I can't say it's been a dull trip.

I tried to make it interesting for you.

Ten days after the sinking of the Kalana Princess.

A second Marine board of investigation determined that she had been

sunk by her master, Benjamin Jennerson, and Theodore Hammond.

Hammond was tried for the murders of Captain and Mrs. Jennerson and is now

serving a life sentence in the state prison at Honolulu.

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