...f the Hebe beached her, and escaped in his boats, with his crew and passengers. It was then blowing a gale from the northeast, with a heavy sea on, and the waves broke over the doomed vessel. Lieutenant W. B. Cushing commanded one of the vessels present on this occasion (the Shokokon), and from the two vessels a boarding-party was formed which started through the breakers to destroy the Hebe. There were alway...