The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-21
Gain Of Probably r2o Feet Up
! Fairway Makes the Work 3
erS Exuberant
SALVAGE HELD SURE:
POSITION IS CHANGED
"a Lies Broadside To Channel:
New Plan Of Towing Con-
Sidered Success

More success was met yesterday with
the Fl. A gain Of about twenty feet
In depth and I2O feet in distance was
made. The whole salvage crew was
oxubernnt last night after the day Is
work.
Her salvage is regarded a. certain
SO much optimism has not prevailed for
weeks
Work was knocked Off last niabt
after seven clock. More towing To.
Gay VIII have to wait on cutting Off
the superfiuOus Inc coilcd about the
shafts of the scow.
400 Feet Nearer Shore
Based on estimates of all gains made
slnce the submarine actually was raised.
she probably rests in seventy feet less
water than when she was lost. The
gain, in feet toward the shore, probably
IS between 400 and 500. She probably
hes now In about 236 feet of water. as
compared with 306 when the work no
gan. ...
new plan of towing was tried out
yesterday. II was considered a big suc
cess. Tho Navajo took a line directly
TO the submarine, instead of her former
towing OF the dredge Gaylord, which
IN turn had had lines to the ,scows
bearing the burden of the submarine,
The Gaylord also took up on her anchor
line yesterday. The anchor slipped
somewhat, however, which prevents this
from being used as an accurate indica
ton of the gain in linear feet.
Navajo Finishes Sweep
AT ten-thirty clock yesterday NOR
ming, the Navajo completed her sweep,
getting a line under the submarine al
most as quickly as she did Wednesday
which went for nothing when t.
chain broke. The line was the one
that gave way Wednesday, but fifteen
fathoms of new chain had been spIiced
in, giving the line the proper length.
After making the successful sweep and
transferring the line to the scow, the
Navajo came In at noon and got n six
inch line, which she took to the scene
at one clock.
She swept with this line, also, and
got it on quickly
Stern Swings About
Then the scows began lifting while
the Navajo tOwcd with the line direct.
ly to the stern of the submarine. The
I'd responded at once to the pull Her
stern, which lay Of1shore from the low,
swung about, and the scows above also
moved. They now point, bow on, direct
ly up the channel, and the FL lies
brOadsidc TO the channel. This posi.
ton will be maintained SO far as posi-.
BILE.
nm hA %. I
at twenty feet; that on the bow at five
feet Since the bow had been elevated
seventeen feet or SO above the stern,
so that sweeping from the bow aft
would be facilitated, this placed the
submarine approximately on an even
keel
Towing with a line direct to the sub
marine eliminated much Of the trouble
with the swell. The scOws rode notice
ably easier. They were sunk consider
ably with the load, testifying to the
strain upon them.
Drydock for Submarine
Part of the port rail Of the Navajo
was smashed in yesterday when she and
me of the scows collided. 1t il con. |
'idered fortunate, however, that moth !
ing more serious has occurred in the hea-
Wy seas that the salvage workeSs have
net of late.
When the submarine has been brought
20 the shore, she will be placed in the
drydock, where the bodies
will be removed and repairs made sun
'ient to permit her to be taken TO the
cast. 1t is presumed that she will 40
o Mare Island for permanent repairs,
Ilthough nothing definite as to this has
been announced Before she goes the
BOARD Of investigation appointed by
ADMIRAL Moore will inspect the boat