Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-22
F-4 IS MOVING
TOWARD SHORE;
GOOD PROGRESS
Cruiser Maryland Will Go Out
Tomorrow to Pull Heavy
Load

Plenty hapai; not too much huki."
That's the situation in submarine
Salvage operations this afternoon,
when. with the FL r'ised several feet
on the bottom and hroadside to the
1each. the tugs navajo and MaEaala
we're unable TO give their load
ShoreWard progress In other words,
while the hCisting gear Of the scows
has proved adequate to its task, the
load and resistance of the two big
Scows and their swinging burden has
proved too much for the towing boats.
According to / resent plans, the Mary.
and will go to the rescue early to-
morrow morning, and it is figured that
the tow will be easy WORK for the
cruiser
Each of the 600-ton scows has been
submerged about two feet by the dead
weight of the sunken submarine, and
by this 1t is figured that almost four
tons is being supported. The cables
and hosting gear on the pontoons Is
holding perfectly without q sign OF
slipping, and those In charge OF opera.
tons are convinced that with q strong
enough pull shorewsrds the FL can
be brought into shallow water, where
divers can descend with ease and fix
sings by which she can be lifted di.
rectly to the surface.
Operations were resumed early this
morning, after the line which carried
away early Monday morning had been
replaced, and it was at first thought
that excellent progress was being
made, owing to the fact that the sub.
marine was lifted from the bottom
with comparative ease. When II came
to making shoreward progress, how.
ever, the Navajo and Makaala, hooked
up tandem couldn t handle the tremen.
dous pull, and II became evident that
some other tow would have to be pro-
yided. --
The "a is broauside to the beach,
having been swung into this position
to miniPlige the chance Of the holding
lines slipping Off The sea floor makes
steep rise where the sunken sub
marine is lying and to get her up the
hill, even when clear, of the bottom,
takes more power than was at first
estimated
II is not definitely announced at
what time the Maryland will take over
the tow but it is believed that she will
clear the harbor tomorrow morning.
That the PA may be In shallow wa.
ter much sooner than was originally
planned is the opinion of those In
charge of the salvage work. This
morning conditions were reported as
more favorable than at any time since
the second stage of the salvage oper-
aticns. opened, and 1t was freely pre-
dicted that with four steel cables
holding, the FL would be raised with
in comparatively short time.
Everything points TO SUCCESS"
said Lieut.. e. Z. Smith, officer in
charge of the work, this morning.
The fourth line was placed yester-
day and seems to be holding just as
well as the others. With good wealth
er and a smooth sea, we hope for re-
suits. l can't say just how far shore
ward the submarine has been brought
as she is lying on the slope Of an un-
der-sea hill that makes ii difficult TO
estimate bat it is fact that we have
taken up some cable on the hosting
gear
This morning at II O'Clock Lieut.
Smith came ashore for a conference
with Admiral Moore, at the Honolulu
naval station. At 1870 the command
ant and the submarine commander
left for the scene Of operations.