Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-02
SCHWAB RUSHES
TEN SUBMARINES
TO COMPLETION
Surprises Britain. BY Having
Craft Ready to Cross Allan
tic Under Own Power

Although the impending 2lS8-nii'
voyage OF the four X hotiila slI'na
rines here from San Francisco unde
their own power 1t had been thoH@h
would set a new recGrd, adyices reach
ing here this week firm New Y"~
state taet American submarines ballt
In a Montreal factory have alrtad'
crossed the Atlantic and are nov ~
service IN the Dardaaelles and roIna
Heligoland.
To Charles M. Sthwab OF the rcLh
lehetn Steel Company is given tn
credit for this aetliesenents Not m"
did the geRias of Mr.. Sehw3h AMI hia
company snr..rise a.tAorities IN thu
United States, but Z dumbfoandn1 th'
British Admiralty. the officials OF
which were incredHlons when IN
formed by code that the yesse's wefs
ready TO leave under their o~n power
and without convoy.
Construction OF the submarines was
SO carefully guarded that German
spies were unable TO obtain any ins
formation OF what was going on
When the Pritish admiralty was in.
formed that the vessels were nearly
ready for the trip across the ocean II
sent crews to Canada, where they
boarded the craft and steamed away
In them. ~ ~
All In Perfect Order. l..
The British cfflcers and crews were
told exactly how TO handle them.
They obeyed Instructions to the let.
ter, and the result proves that In
neither construction nor operation was
the slightest characterization made.
Because Secretary of State Bryan
had ruled that no submarines for the
warning powers should be built in the
United States, Mr.. Schwah, IN build
ing the boats, made arrangements &c
utilize the Hicker.Maxi shipbnilding
yards at Montreal. q
No sooner was this decided urnH
than the great steel plant at Bethle
hem, Pa, began turning ont the parts
and shipping them to Montreal Ais
ready scores or American w0rkInen
had gone there, and the work of as.
sembling was kept right abreast with
the work Of productions Night and
day shifts were employed. and the
most extraordinary precautions we're
taken to protect the great secret.
The 10 submarines are OF the new.
est standard tyre, differing In no I'm,
portant detail from those under con,
struction In this country for the Unit
ed States. They are 40 feet long and
equipped with the Diesel heavy oil en-.
gines. These engines we're bnilt BY
the Electric Boat Company at Its plant
ct New London. Conn.
Four Torpedo Tubes Each.
Each submarine has four torpedo
tubes, but when they left Canada they
carried no guns. II Is assumed that
guns have been mounted on them
since. as facilities for placing light
guns were provided for BY the build
ers. Each submarine. however, car
ried torpedoes and was prepared for
actual hostilities.
The little vessels cost $500, 900 each 5
This is an unusually high price FOL
submarines Of this type and lis due to.
the expedition with which theY were
built. Extra labor and extra machin,
cry had to be provided TO keep the
work going "a hours q day, and this
was added TO the cost OF the vessels,
All 10 OF the submarines left Cana.
dian waters together and arrived al
Gibraltar within 3 few hours OF one
another. The FIVE British bound silb,l
marines arrived of the Irish coast a
little more than a month ago. The
other I'VE reached the Dardanelles
about three weeks ago. One hundred
thousand gallons of oil were stored
aboard the vessels. . Co. 1se. . 81