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{{quote|The destroyer edged closer and closer...Bobby Chastain swimming no more then fifty feet from the ship's port side, could see the sailors lined up by the rail...It was then that Carter realized what was going on. "It appeared to me that every man on deck was standing at attention, like a muster, giving us one big salute."...Carter wrote, "I'm sure of one thing...she appreciated a fighting lady...''USS Johnston.''''

|Survivors in water watch passing Japanese ship from ''Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors'' by James D. Hornfischer}}