New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Brought from Depth of 300
Feet Off Honolulu Har-
Dor to Within 80 Feet of
Surface-Silent as Tomb.

Honolulu, March 26.-Ihe Cnlted
States submarine F-4. lost since yes
terday morning off Honolulu Harbor,
was located this afternoon. Heroic eff
forts were being made tonight to
raise the stricken craft, but after hav-
inc been submerged for rOre than
thirty hours it was regarded as doubt
full whether any of her crew of twenty
one men remained alive.
To lift the little vessel to the surface
it was found necessary to send to the
Pearl Harbor naval station for der
rick and crane. This involved much
loss Of time, and it was thought the
fate of the crew might not be deter
mined before daylight.
Rescue vessels dragging the ocean
bed with graphing hooks chanced upon
the stricken craft at a depth of 300
feet. Making fast to the F-4, the naval
tug Navajo and the steamer Makaala
began to tow their find. They were
not certain that it was the submarine
they had hooked until, toward shallow
water, quantities Of oil came to the
surface proof that it really was the
lost vessel. Soon afterward a sub
marine marker buoy, deserted far be
low the water, removed all doubt that
the F-4 had been found.
Just when the marker buoy had been
released by the disabled boat there
was no means of determining. II the
signal was given after the graphing
hooks OF the rescue vessels took hold
then the crew, or at least some Of the
men, still were alive.
For more than an hour the tug and
steamer struggled with their unwieldy
burden. Soon afterward it became ap-
parent that it would be impossible to
tow the submarine near enough 10
shore to bring her to the surface, and
a hurry call was sent to the naval sta
tion for wrecking ship.
No Hope for the Crew.
Naval authorities admitted tonight
they had given up hope for the F-4's
crew. However, resuscitating apparatus
has been dispatched TO the scene, and
every effort will be made TO develop
any spark of life that may remain. The
general opinion is that the vessels
plates were sprung through the I'M
mense pressure of the water at
depth of fifty fathoms and that the two
officers and nineteen enlisted men
aboard have perished.
Vessels in the vicinity which are
equipped with submarine signal ap-
paratus continued to send out signals,
but no answers came.
lFrom The tribune Buresul
Washington, March 26.-Hope for the
lives of the twenty-one men on board
the submarine practically was aban-
doned by naval officers here on receipt
Of the news of how she had been found.
The F-4 was designed TO resist water
pressure at depth of approximately
dfty fathoms. or 300 feet, but it was
believed that it would be impossible
for her 70 remain at such depth for
any length of time with safety.
Records show that when the FL.
boat of the same type, operated on her
trial trip for just ten minutes at
depth of 2s3 feet her hull groaned and
took in water.
Ii was admitted to-day that Lieuten-
ant EIDE took the submarine F-4 TO sea
Yesterday for only the simplest ma
npuvres. There was no intention OF
making an extended underwater test.
and the fact that after her dive she did
rot reappear within few hours was
accented q proof positive that she had
met with a mishap, and that, even IL
the rescung ships were able 70 dis
cover her whereabouts, IL was already
too late 10 save the lives Of her com
mander and crew.
The Navy Department gave out this
afternoon a statement regarding the
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