The Philippine Campaign

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine’s supporting missions place its officers close to major operations while exposing the distance between battle and their limited role.

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Bearing strength in each event

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First Assault First Assault from "The Caine Mutiny". First Assault Assignment The Caine escorts landing craft toward the departure line.

First Assault Assignment The Caine escorts landing craft toward the departure line. Willie experiences the bombardment as spectacular and only gradually grasps the human cost. Failure Queeg turns away before the boats’ objective is reached, leaving the mission’s exact success open to dispute.

Saipan Patrol Saipan Patrol from "The Caine Mutiny". Saipan Patrol Combat The Caine patrols near the invasion force and witnesses an aircraft crash. A shore battery then fires on a nearby destroyer.

Saipan Patrol from "The Caine Mutiny". Saipan Patrol Combat The Caine patrols near the invasion force and witnesses an aircraft crash. A shore battery then fires on a nearby destroyer.

Saipan Patrol Combat The Caine patrols near the invasion force and witnesses an aircraft crash. A shore battery then fires on a nearby destroyer. Controversy Queeg withdraws without firing, supplying Willie with a further reason to doubt his conduct under fire.

Maryk’s Log Entry Maryk’s Log Entry from "The Caine Mutiny". Maryk’s Log Entry Record Maryk writes that he did not witness the incident himself and carefully attributes the report to an officer of the deck.

Maryk’s Log Entry from "The Caine Mutiny". Maryk’s Log Entry Record Maryk writes that he did not witness the incident himself and carefully attributes the report to an officer of the deck.

Maryk’s Log Entry Record Maryk writes that he did not witness the incident himself and carefully attributes the report to an officer of the deck. Significance The entry shows Maryk moving from private misgivings toward a documentary case, while leaving room for uncertainty about what he actually knows.

Leyte Reaches the Caine Leyte Reaches the Caine from "The Caine Mutiny". Leyte Reaches the Caine News Dispatches bring fragmentary reports of the battle to the Caine at Ulithi.

Leyte Reaches the Caine from "The Caine Mutiny". Leyte Reaches the Caine News Dispatches bring fragmentary reports of the battle to the Caine at Ulithi.

Leyte Reaches the Caine News Dispatches bring fragmentary reports of the battle to the Caine at Ulithi. Willie and Keefer learn that Roland Keefer’s carrier has been hit. Loss A visiting officer tells them that Roland died of burns after directing damage control, deepening Tom’s grief and the brothers’ unresolved rivalry.

Final Return to Combat Final Return to Combat from "The Caine Mutiny". Final Return to Combat Operation The Caine joins a mine-clearing line in the China Sea and finally encounters live mines rather than exercises and tow targets.

Final Return to Combat from "The Caine Mutiny". Final Return to Combat Operation The Caine joins a mine-clearing line in the China Sea and finally encounters live mines rather than exercises and tow targets.

Final Return to Combat Operation The Caine joins a mine-clearing line in the China Sea and finally encounters live mines rather than exercises and tow targets. End A boiler-pump failure removes the ship from the operation. The Caine’s wartime usefulness ends without a grand battle or decisive achievement.

January 1944, during the Kwajalein invasion

June 1944, during the Saipan invasion

The night of the Saipan shore-battery incident

October 1944, after the Battle of Leyte Gulf

After Willie becomes captain, during the China Sea sweep