New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-19
MORE TESTS UNDER SEA
THE MocCAsIN DOES TWO MILES AND
FIRES \ TORPEDO.
rnT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUss,l

--..rDor, y Y. Nov. 1s-If there had been any
doubt on the part Of the army ana navy O"0e1
who have been sent 10 New-Suholk to witness the
trials of the Holland submarine torpedo boats aoout
their ef1rsn,v to-day's test Of the Moccastn would
have surely swept away all prejudice the BOAT
trial was successful I'm every particular To-Day
test was a mile run submerged the Snip uE'Hs
torpedo al tire end OF the run at the vita's OF an
Imaginary warship
The conditions imposed by the Navy Department
uere that the boat should remain under water our
ing the entire gun, except that she ne peIHi'''o-
20 rise three times for observation and not more
than one minute each time. What the Nocesst"
did after making her first dive was to travel at
depth OF about u feet 20 the end ar the hiliS'
Then turning In % seconds. she began Het ~
turn triD over the mile course at the same ueP'"
and going straight as II the he''"S'ila" -; 49,
had been above the surface OF the water hlsths
for - seconds lust after the mite anu a nan
mark was passed, Captain Cable took peep az
the flags marking the place where the ih'as'narS
warshp that he was TO destroy Was P'aO''
DorDoise shaped nose of the little boat came 10 'e
surTace a few minutes later for second peep OF
80 seconds and the next time her how came up /"
was to fire the torpedo. She pointed fairly between
the two flags at the end of the mile ana ancu'
100 feet away when the torpedo shot out OF us
tube about three feet below the waterhne- FoR
sone reason the mechanism of the torpedo made "
describe course the left of the lntehSeu "S. n
That was no fault of Captain Caole OF ms CIV '
they fred the missile absolutely straight Anose
.hO
shin even though its flight had been somewhat
erratic
With Commander W. c. CowieS. L. ). y, ana
Lieutenant White. L. : y. NJ the Bureau OF Tn
cheering both members of the board OF tnspec-
zion and survey. on board. well as captain
frank Cable and her crew. the Moccasin left her
DOCK at New-SufIolk at 12:5 2. m, and at Ii+
O'Clock Captain Gable unshipped his surface steer
ing wheel. He was the last man to leave the deck
c,osipe- down the watertight TOP of the coming
kzs,zV zfY1E at
as the air tanks were blown and in just eight
minutes nothing but the top OF her coming tower
was visible. There ugly sea on, driven
by a stir easterly gale. and the cOnning tower
looked like a rock awSlsh Coins at full speed the
Moccasin approached the two flags marking the
besinnins OF the mile. A few seconds before she
reached them. at rs p. she made her dive and
then for more than ten minutes nothing was seen
but about four feet Of the twelve foot mast she
carries with tiny red flag top. IL pushed
it's way through the water, turning at the mile
and returning to hre the torpedo. as told The
first mile was covered IN the approximate time OF
minutes and n seconds. and the return mile in
minutes and 10 seconds. The revolutions, ms.
showed that the boat had made speed Of rs
knots for the entire distance This is etGhttenths
more than required by the contract. Major Muir
raw commandment OF the school of submarine de-
fence at Fort Totem. New-YOTk, and his fellow
officers Captain Bailey ana CapSain Lsadersi
they were much astOnished at her performance.
Major Murray personally congratulated tTUSt,
MANAGER Spear and Captain Cable ON the great
success OF the test. Captain Bailey said: Il am
convinced that the army ought to have some OF
this type of boat tn assist In shore defence
Naval Constructor J. j. Woodward and Com
mander W. e. COwles. OF the naval board. ex-
pressed themselves we'll pleased with the result
of all the trials to date.
begin at o'clock tomorrow morning, and the
MOccasin may also have endurance test. The
submarine boat POrpOise came of the drydcck at
GreenpOrt to-day. and made record run from
there to New Suffolk. In charge of Lieutenant
Sergeant. U. S. N, the torpedo boat Dahlgren
arrived from Newport to-day to relieve the Craven.
which wanted at the torpedo station for tactical
trials. Ensign Pinney. of the Craven. will be in
command of the Dahlgren while she remains
New-Sunolk Her crew to be instructed In
submarine work.