Friday, February 9 (1945)

Shut down should have ended at 16 hrs yesterday. Then at 18 then 24. When I came in at 07:45 first steam was just beginning to shriek through the pipes. Had quite a circus getting at what had gone wrong. Finally found new leaks had opened up about midnight. With little or no warning to mechanical force and much disorganization had followed. Pumps started about noon. Two wide open leaks on 8&9 Can't do a damn thing. Found my trunks still short on box of books.