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[StartQuote] All good points. But lets review: the light at the top of the mast was an anchor light. Anchor lights are standard around the world- a 360 degree light, clear in color, and used to denote that the vessel is at anchor. This is a part of small boat handling doctrine. And when a small boat is at anchor, the anchor light is the only light to be shown. Now, I think a certain point has been missed here. In my opinion, the mere fact that Mr. Faulkner had to tell the CO's to use the navigational lights indicates that it was an unusual move to take. For sure, he weighed the safety of moving the boats with and without lighting them during the relocation against what appears to have been a limited chance of encountering enemy activity during that move (taking CJ's comments into account here). I think the original discussing surrounded potential use of navigational lights under some, perhaps unusual, circumstances while operating in the combat area. In light of Mr. Faulkner's order, to say that it was never done would not be accurate, in my view, as evidenced by Mr. Faulkner's order. It really is just that simple. It pleases me to be able to produce a document that changes a mere supposition to a fact. Allan [EndQuote]
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