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Our Navy in the War By: Lawrence Perry (1875-1954) |
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OUR NAVY IN THE WAR by LAWRENCE PERRY Illustrated New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1919
Copyright, 1918, by
Charles Scribner's Sons
Published October, 1918 [Illustration: From a photograph by C.R. Eagle.
ATLANTIC FLEET STEAMING IN LINE OF BEARING.]
THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE
HON. JOSEPHUS DANIELS A NEWSPAPER MAN WHO BROUGHT TO HIS TASK AS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY THOSE
GREAT QUALITIES OF MIND AND CHARACTER WHICH FITTED HIM TO MEET WITH SUCH
SIGNAL SUCCESS THE IMMENSE PROBLEMS WHICH THE WAR IMPOSED UPON HIS
OFFICE. TO HIS FAR SEEING VISION, HIS BREADTH OF VIEW, HIS FREEDOM FROM
ALL BIAS, HIS JUDGMENT OF MEN AND OF AFFAIRS, AND TO THE STERN COURAGE
OF HIS CONVICTIONS ARE DUE TO DAY THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE HIGH
TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY OF WHICH AMERICANS HAVE EVER BEEN
PROUD.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD CHAPTER I First Experience of Our Navy with the German U Boat Arrival of Captain
Hans Rose and the U 53 at Newport Experiences of the German Sailors in
an American Port Destruction of Merchantman by U 53 off Nantucket Our
Destroyers to the Rescue Scenes in Newport German Rejoicing The Navy
Prepares for War CHAPTER II Our Navy Arms American Merchant Vessels Death of our First Bluejacket
on Service in the War Zone Vice Admiral Sims We Take Over Patrol of
Waters of Western Hemisphere The Naval Advisory Board of
Inventions Work of this Body Our Battleships the Largest in the
World Widespread Operations CHAPTER III First Hostile Contact Between the Navy and the Germans Armed Guards on
Merchant Vessels "Campana" First to Sail Daniels Refuses Offer of
Money Awards to Men Who Sink Submarines "Mongolia" Shows Germany How
the Yankee Sailorman Bites Fight of the "Silvershell" Heroism of
Gunners on Merchant Ships Sinking of the "Antilles" Experiences of
Voyagers CHAPTER IV Destroyers on Guard Preparations of Flotilla to Cross the
Ocean Meeting the "Adriatic" Flotilla Arrives in Queenstown
Reception by British Commander and Populace "We are Ready
Now, Sir" Arrival of the Famous Captain Evans on the American
Flag Ship Our Navy a Warm Weather Navy Loss of the "Vacuum" CHAPTER V British and American Destroyers Operating Hand in Hand Arrival of Naval
Collier "Jupiter" Successful Trip of Transports Bearing United States
Soldiers Convoyed by Naval Vessels Attack on Transports Warded Off by
Destroyers Secretary Baker Thanks Secretary Daniels Visit to our
Destroyer Base Attitude of Officers Toward Men Genesis of the
Submarine The Confederate Submarine "Hunley" CHAPTER VI On a German Submarine Fight with a Destroyer Periscope Hit Record of
the Submarine in this War Dawning Failure of the Undersea Boat Figures
Issued by the British Admiralty Proof of Decline Our Navy's Part in
this Achievement CHAPTER VII How the Submarine is being Fought Destroyers the Great Menace But
Nets, Too, Have Played Their Part Many Other Devices German Officers
Tell of Experience on a Submarine Caught in a Net Chasers Play Their
Part The Depth Bomb Trawler Tricks A Camouflaged Schooner Which
Turned Out To Be a Tartar Airplanes German Submarine Men in Playful
Mood CHAPTER VIII Perils and Triumphs of Submarine Hunting The Loss of our First
War Ship, The Converted Gunboat "Alcedo" Bravery of Crew "Cassin"
Struck by Torpedo, But Remains in the Fight Loss of the "Jacob
Jones" Sinking of the "San Diego" Destroyers "Nicholson" and "Fanning"
Capture a Submarine, Which Sinks Crew of Germans Brought Into Port The
Policy of Silence in Regard to Submarine Sinkings CHAPTER IX Our Battleship Fleet Great Workshop of War Preparations for Foreign
Service On a Battleship During a Submarine Attack The Wireless That
Went Wrong The Torpedo That Missed Attack on Submarine Bases of
Doubtful Expediency When the German Fleet Comes Out Establishment of
Station in the Azores CHAPTER X Great Atlantic Ferry Company, Incorporated, But Unlimited Feat of the
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