The sun., 1910-02-13
The NAVAL TUG NINA MISSING
SBE LEFT NORFOLK FOR hos
Ton LAST SUNDAY
And Has Nst been Heard From since
Vessels From Boston, New York and
philadelphia Navy Yards Ordered Out
TO Seek Her--Had N Men Aboard.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I2.-The seagoing
tug Nina, which recently has served as the
tender Of the third submarine division. is
several days overdue at Boston. aud FIVE
naval vessels are searching the Atlantic
coast line from Boston to Norfolk in an
effort to locate her. The Nina sailed from
the Norfolk Navy Yard last Sunday at
$50 O'Clock in the morning. She has not
been seen or reported since leaving the
mouth Of Chesapeake Bay. She was due
to arrive at Boston Tuesday or wednes-
day. She had thirty-two men aboard,
When no report Of her arrival at Boston
was received at the Navy Department
this morning orders were sent to the navy
yards at Boston. New York. Philadelphia
and Norfolk to begin Immediately sys-
teupatic search. The coast line was di-
vided into three sections, each Of which
will be patrolled by vessels from the near
est navy yard.
The collier Cesar and the tender Csstine
are cruising from Boston to Block Island.
The supply ship Culgoa left the New York
yard to-day TO patrol from Block Island
t. the mouth OF Delaware Bay Two
tugs. the Apache and the Pontiac, will
be sent from the New York yard to-mor-
row 10 make daylight search along the
south shore Of Long Island and the New
Jersey coast. The battleship Louisi-
ana and the scout cruiser Salem left
Norfolk to cruise from the mouth Of the
Chesapeefe to the mouth Of Delaware
Bay. In addition the torpedo destroyer
I.amson left the Philadelphia navy
yard this afternoon for a cruise to Boston
Several theories have been advanced
by naval officers 10 account for the dis
appearance Of the Nina. The most pes
simistic view is that she has foundered
with all aboard in the rough weather which
has prevailed within the last week.
The Nina was a stauch tug and some
officers believe she would ride a fairly
strong gale. There has been no excep-
tionally stormy weather In the last week,
although the high winds have raised
a heavy sea.
Another theory ia that she suffered
an injury to her machinery which has
disabled her temporarily. She is a single
screw vessel and would be totally helpless
in case OF broken tailshaft or other injury
10 prevent the operation OF her machinery.
II she has been disabled through an ac-
cidsnt to her engines it seems strange
TO naval officers that she has not been
sighted by incoming steamers.
The Nina was returning from NorfOlk
10 Boston after having conveyed several
submarines from Boston to Norfolk. She
was in a light condition and had no deck
litter. The only officer on board the
Nina is Chief Boatswain John s. Croghan,
commanding. There are thirty-one other
persons aboard her. According to the
last reports on file at the Navy Depart
ment the complement Of the Nina in
cluded the following:
John william Adams. Louisville. Ky:
Sam Brown, Newport. Ky; Frank Joseph
Darlington, New Haven. Conn. Louis Cline.
TottenVille. Staten Island: William Jose PHI
Connolly. New York city; Frank Blain Crock
EFT. Hillsville. Va: William John Darcy.
Chicago: Jacob Deadwyler. Philadelphia: /:
Ferdinand Brace, Philadelphia: John Rath-
borne Eddlestone, New Orleans; Cleveland
Erwin. Judges. Mich Otto Albert Faessel.
Cleveland. Ohio; Emil Joseph Foster. resi-
dence not given; Clarence Ellsworth Fowler.
Washington, ID. c Harry Edgar Gerhardt.
Philadel phia; Dudley Clement Hadley. White
Plains. n. Y: Emil Psrkemen, Bay City.
Mich Percy Pitts. o3 Suffolk street, Norfolk.
Va: Antoine Maughir, Brooklyn: Howard
Ladd, Chicago: Charles Kathary, Hutchin-
son. Kan Charles A. HigginbothAm. Rome.
Ca: John c. Hanson. Milford. Mass. !;
Fletcher L. Hallyburton, Greensboro. n. c.
John Scheliss, Cincinnati: George Snipe.
Port Royal. y. c.; Abe Thsler. New York
! city: Louis A. Troohe. Akron, Ohio; Teshiyas
Tsuchiya. Brooklyn: Roland Evan Dunk,
SufTern. N. Y Roy X Williams. Columbus
Miss.
] The Nina was built in 1855 at Chester.
Pa. She was an iron tug, 1877 feet in length,
"a feet beam and feet 8 inches drsught.
She had a displacement of s57 tons. She
made from eleven to twelve knots an hour
She had been in various kinds Of service
at the different navy yards along the
coast
sEARcHERs SENT OUT FROM HERE.
The supply steamship Culgoa and the
naval tugs Apache and Pontiac were sent
out yesterday from the navy yard at
Brooklyn to assist in the search for the
Nina. They will limit their cruising to
the southern Long Island coast and the
New Jersey coast. II was said at the navy
yard that every mile OF sea along the
probable course Of the Nina from Nor
folk to Boston would be covered thor
oughly. The impression of naval men
is that the tug is disabled. and as she is
not equipped with wireless cannot tel
her plight, has drifted out OF the coast
wise steamship lane and therefore has
not been reported.
She was well known here, having been
used chiefly as a tender to warships and
as despatch and to- boat in local waters
She also took part In most water festivals
hereabout. She should have made Bos-
ton three days after sailing from Norfolk,
She was repaired several weeks ago be-
| fore she was assigned as tender to the
third submarine division, She is equipped
with sail for emergency and It Ii thought
that she may be making some progress
under canvas unless she has fOundered
under the onslaught OF heavy seas combed
up by recent gales.
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