 One bomb struck the mast and exploded in the air close aboard to starboard, showering the tug with fragments.The second bomb fell along the port side, sliced beneath the ship and exploded underwater off the starboard side, "engulfing" "Cree" in a wall of water.The third slammed into the ship on the port bow, passing through seven bulkheads in the forward part of the ship, before becoming wedged into the passageway between the chief petty officer's quarters and sick bay, though failing to detonate.