sentences:  On the morning of 25 October 1942, "Seminole" and "YP-284", a converted fishing vessel, were unloading aviation gasoline, howitzers, and U.S. Marines about three and one-half miles east of Lunga Point when three enemy destroyers, , and appeared to the northwest.The smaller vessels immediately got underway, heading eastward in hopes of avoiding the enemy fire.The enemy, after breaking contact with two American destroyers, changed course and pursued the slower "Seminole" and "YP-284".