The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-16
Totilla Commander
1 Also Is Advised

AdviCcs were received Yesterday by
Lieut. Kirby b. Crittcndcu, command.
er of the submarine division acre, am
the tender Alert, that the c7u,scr Mary
land would arrive from San Francisco
on August I3, with the steel pontoons
for raising the lost F.4, whIch now lrr
in forty eight feet Of water lust west
of the channel entrance. Lieutenant
Crittenden 8 advice and the foregoing
Associated Press despatch show diff
ference of about n week in the time
when the pontoons will arr'vc, but this
Is regarded as immaterial in view of
the fact that they are on the way or
will be tomorrow. as..
These pontoons were designed by
Lieut.. -Comdr. j. A. Furer, naval con-
structor at Pearl Haroor. who, accom-
panied by Fred Buss, sailed in the
Sierra June s, for San Francisco.
Maryland viii Remain
The Maryland probably will remain
here until the work of raising the FL
has been completed, as her Ulcers
make up the board of Investigation an
pointed by Admiral Moore soon after
the cruiser arrived here on April l2,
about three weeks after the submarine
was lost on Marcn 20.
Lieutenant Crittenden will be in
charge of the work, as Lieut.. c. F.
Smith, former flotilla commander, was
before him, with Mr.. Fnrrr, who has
planned largely the engineering work,
and who devised the sr6ws that lifted
the submarine from 300 feet to forty
EIGHT.
Will obviate Great Strain
There will remain plans to be worked
out here of how the poRtoons will be
attached to the submarine. With them
in place, Immediately on the hhli Of
the F-4, the terrific stratus thattore The
hrll when lifting was done from above
will he obviated. and the submarine
| should be lowed into harbor without
further damage.
The damage already done probably
| is almost beyond rcnair, however, 80
far as continuing the submarine a.
one of the navy's units is concerned
| Her superstructure is gone; her rua
| ders and pron"llers ar6 torn away II
part or altogether, and there IL a great
rent in her first and second compart
ments, besides the coming tower he
| ing gone and minor OPENINGS being al
other places in the bull.
Whether she will he locked here fol
repairs or whether she will be taken
to San Francisco. or. in fact, anv
such questions, depends on her condi
ton when raised.
* Wasps Come In September
Lieutenant CrittPndcn also has been
advised by the commandment at Mare
Island navy varI that the four X class
submarines will leave there about Sep
| tember ] for Honolulu, aud that the
coming of the tender RainhOw will he
DELAYED 1t is PxrcrtPd that a navv
collier viii CONVOY tn" submarines horc
but whether they will come at once
Or in two voyages is unknown. al
though it is expected that collier
hardly would attempt to brinT all four
at once. The Alert will remain in
sorvico with the Eainhow. which, al
| though lar""r ship lacks the fine ma
chine shop of the Alert.
The four X class submarines to come
which will raise tn" total here to
s"vcn, are the K-3 Ki, K-7 and ks
They and the three F-c'ass ships will
remain here indefinitely, instead sof
goin6 to Pearl IIarhor, which II IN
tended rs th"ir ultimate base. Lack
of uua -tcro at P""rI ITarh"r was onr
reason for the decision If the navy dc.
partment to keep them here for some
time to come. ~