Chapter 8As it turned out, the voyage we planned in Herr Bachmeier’s office took the Comanche roughly two hundred miles out into the Gulf of Mexico the next day.
It was then that Jahnke provided Lieutenant Latham with the following coordinates: 22° 19' 26.5296'' N by 92° 13' 48.81 W.''
“Why these specific coordinates?” I asked as we stood on the Comanche’s bridge.
“That’s where we are ordered to be.”
“And how long do we remain there?”
“As long as necessary.” Jahnke had still not revealed what the Comanche was supposed to bring back to Veracruz or how we were going to acquire whatever it was.
Latham handed the coordinates to Chief Petty Officer Ruppert, who had been given the light task of helmsman aboard the Comanche because of his condition. Using the latest gyroscopic compass insta
