Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-27
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
The Submarine NarwhaI Visits Balti-
more And Excites The CURIOSITY OF
The Natives

4 more luSDOalISH anu masters o.
other harbor craft, the United States
/ submarine Narwhal sped swiftly into
/ the harbor Tuesday morning from
/ Solomon's Island and docked at the
/ foot of President street, that city,
where the Strengthening craft was
soon being viewed by crowd of the
curious.
AS the half sunken craft passed up
the harbor tugboat captains gave it a
wide berth, not knowing what man
ner of ship it was. The heavy swell
occasioned by the whale shape hull
caused some CONSERVATION along the
wharves where moorings to lighters
and other craft were snapped. The
Narwhal was in command of Ensign
A. H. Miles, accompanied by Com
mander Bingham, who is in charge
of the submarine fotilla at Solomons
Island.
Commander Bingham's object in
visiting the port of Baltimore is to
arrange wharfage facilities for dock
ing and weekend trips for landing
the crews and taking on supplies for
the submarine fotilla, which will
probably maneuver in the Chesa-
peake Bay and perform torpedo prac-
tice. According to the present plans,
the following submarines will form
the fotilla: Grayling, the flagship !;
Commander Bingham; Salmon, in
command of Lieutenant Weaver !;
Snapper, in command of Lieutenant
Nimitz; Bonita, in command of En-
sign Dannehower; Stingray, com
manded by Ensign Hinkamp; Mar
whal, Ensign Miles, and the Tarpon,
Ensign Whiting.
The maneuvers of the fleet, 1T is
understood, will begin the latter
part of the week and will last until
late in the fall. From time to time
the crews will receive shore leave,
and it is for that purpose that Balti-
more wharfage facilities are required.
While in the vicinity the fiotilla will
anchor at Baltimore Light Station,
off the mouth of the Magothy River.
The Narwhal is 135 feet long and
"A feet beam, and her tonnage dis
placement when submerged is $40
tons. She is the LARGEST to the feet
now in the Navy and is capable of
making Is knots an hour on the sur
face and 10 1-2 knots when sub
merged. For propelling purposes the
Narwhal is equipped with two gaso-
line engines of 3o0-horsepower each,
which propel the vessel when surface
cruising, and two powerful electric
engines. which furnish the power
when the vessel is submerged. The
current for storing the batteries for
the electric engine is made by the
gasoline engines.
She has a storage capacity for
6.100 gallons of gasoline, which is
sufficient for running the vessel fifty
| miles at full speed on the surface
and when submerged, and 120 miles
at slow speed. On the surface or
awash she can make 1900 miles
without replenishing her fuel supply.
Her crew consists of one officer and
eighteen men.
The most interesting part of the
Narwhal is her interior From the
| wharf the vessel looks half submerged
and unlike any other water craft.
Owing to the peculiar shape of the
vessel one is obliged to board her by
a gang plank and, on getting safely
on deck, is led to a large mauhole,
| down which to climb ladder leading
to the living quarters of the officers
and crew. In the forward part of
the vessel are four torpedo tubes
through which the missiles of death
are dispatched TO blow up the enemy.
Aft of the living room for the crew
is the galley.
Amidship stands the wheelman,
who by system of intricate machin-
cry is enabled to guide the vessel
when either submerged or on the
surface. In the extreme afterpart
of the vessel maze of machinery
which though carefully explained
could only be understood by the
most expert mechanician. The en-
tire vessel is lighted throughout
with electricity, and there is every.
thing on board to make up the navi-
eating equipment OF a cruiser. On
the deck of the vessel is a navigating
bridge, on which stands the officer in
charge who directs the movements OF
| the craft when not under the water.
The Narwhal sailed from Solomons
Island at O'Clock Monday night
and anchored for the night off the
mouth of Magothy River. With the
rest of the fotilla she spent the
spring and summer at Boston, New
London and New York, and only two
weeks ago arrived at Norfolk anC
reached Solomons Island last Sun
day. The vessel sailed from Balti
more at 8 O'Clock Tuesday Afternoon
for that port.
Somebody played a trick on the
officials of the Navy Department
Tuesday. A report reached the de
partment that one of the fotilla o.
submarines now at Solomon's IslanC
was seen to go down stern hrst
The officers of the department wer,
alarmed, and at once began prepare
tions for aiding the stricken subms
rine. kilograms were sent to verif,
the rumor. The commanding Office
OF the submarines had gone dowl
during the usual maneuvering exer
cises and had succeeded in rising t,
the surface again without trouble