"Something happened to the sun. I—I'm almost positive I saw it move."
Dazed, bewildered voices.
"What the devil became of the carrier?" That was the voice of Captain Higgins.
"And the rest of the force, the cruisers and destroyers—what became of them?"
Craig looked toward the spot where he had last seen the carrier. She had been launching planes.
He did not believe his eyes.
The carrier was gone.
The cruisers and destroyers that had been cutting foaming circles around the carrier and the battleship—were gone.
The surface of the sea was empty. There weren't even any puffs of exploding shells in the sky.