Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-06
SUBMARINES ARE
BADLY RAMMED
BYu.S.S'sUPPLY
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extent OF damage done the three sub
marines of the F hotiIla, Rear-admiral
Boush would not 90 into detail, other
than to say that it is not extensive.
Does the accident mean the F sub
marines may be withdrawn from ser
vice here permanently T' Rear-admiral
Boush was asked.
Not at all, not at ALL" he replied.
They aren't seriously enough damag.
ed for that. They'll have to go into
drydock for a short time, though"
Although today was labor Day and
no work was done on the F-4, the sIh
marine Hctilla began at O'Clock this
morning to examine the FL, F., and
F-3, the commanding officer OF each
boat supervising the work on his craft
"All the submarines win go on the
drydoek as soon as possible after thu
F-4 is cleared OF, :" said Lieut. K B.
Cr.ttenden, commanding the subma:
ririe fiotilla. this morning. He would
net state when that would be, hut add
ID thatsncne Of the three boats Is IN
dangerof siRkin@. s s. - 49, +, :
The commanding officer of each
boat is making thorouTh exan1,na,
ticn inside and cut to determine the
damage" said Lieut.. Crittendrn. -
watch of four men Is to be kefst IN
each boat, as usual this being stand.
ing order in the submarine 6otflla. that
there shah be enough men on duty al
all times to handle tue Submarines
in case the need should arise
Three Divers at Work. ~ 's@s i: ~ -. !.
Three of the fiotilla's expert divers
went to work at 8 o'clock this morn,
ing. Thomas Hallinan inspected the
FL, George Evans the F-2. and Dennis
O'Brien the F3. Each wore diving
helmet, hut no suit. Others of the 10
tilla's crew took advantage of the job
to cast of their clothes and combine
swimming and INSPECTION IN the cool
waters of the harbor around the trio
Of submarines. r., - Ill.,. - i. q
While the inspection was in prog
ress this morning, Lieut.. Crittenden
said the Supply had cut through the
Fps superstructure, within three or
four inches Of the shell plating. q
AS a. result of the preliminary IN s.
spection we found that the connecting
rods to the diving and steering rad
ders are bent In all the boats said
the commander. I'VE cannot move
the diving rudder in any OF the boa T.,
and only in the FL is the. steering
rudders movable. - ~ -: "a
Lieut.. sCrittenden. added that ncne
of the three submarines Is leaking, ex
cept the FL. the fuel tank OF which
shows 81 slight leak. This only holds
1000 gallons of crude oil used as fuel
for the submarines engines, The wa.
ter viii not render the oil useless Is
water In gasoline would. as the great.
er specific gravity OF the oil prevents
II from absorbing water. , .,...ts4
70 coasf for Repairs. -, ~,
: It was while the Supply was moV!nr
to the dock assigned her, at the navy.
wharf, in the slfB usually occunied bs
the tug Navajo. that the accident hap
pened The vessel was moving tn
ward Pier 6. coming fr7m Guam, or
route to San Francisco and BfemnrtoE
for repairs to her engines, said to of
in poor condition. .. -, -. =.
Captafn Robert Henderson,. com
the Supply, tried to back the
boaf to throw her head around. In or
der to enter the slip properly. The
engines failed to respond. he stated
and the ship keptson sliding toward
the stern OF the three Submarines. ~
ing side by side at the end Of Pier =
When Cartain Henderson saw p cot
Bsjon was imminent, he ordered the
anchors dropped. but they did ny
hold. and the ship crashed int. Inc
F-2, the bow passing through the ilgn'
as If It we're an egg
shell.
The F-2 was forced against its sister
hoats and the three were In a lev
seconds tangled together like fan
Win the sterns forming the base
Men Of the submarine fotilla cu'cS
~ came to the rescue, and freed IN"
from e7"h ether: IN
Srr,,tv was w.rned in to her dock n