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Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.—David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023 The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
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