The bravest thing this American crew did in 2022 took up a few lines in their logbook. Then they went back to work. March 21, 2022. The CMA CGM Herodote, a U.S.-flagged container ship, was crossing from Saipan toward Japan when the crew saw smoke on the horizon. About eight nautical miles off. A container ship lives on a schedule. Every hour off course costs money. Captain Donald Moore changed course. They found a Japanese fishing boat, the Yuujin Maru No. 51, burned to the waterline. No name left on the hull. No sign of anyone alive. They did not leave. They ran a search pattern. They called every ship nearby. They called the Coast Guard in Honolulu and the Japan Coast Guard. Then they spotted three men in the water. A Greek tanker that had joined the search pulled them aboard. The Herodote kept searching for seven hours, until the Japan Coast Guard arrived to take over. Nobody on board called a reporter. They wrote it in the logbook, as the rules require, and sailed on. Later, Coast Guard inspectors on a routine visit read that logbook. That is how anyone found out. Those three fishermen were Japanese. From Japan: we read your logbook, America. Thank you.