The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-07
'SUDMAR|NESRUN
down AT MOOR|NG
Naval Ship Supply Gets Beyond
Control and Crashes Into
Little Craft
With 'F-4' a Hulk Entire FlotiIla
Stationed Here Is Out OF
Commission
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weight Of the blow on the submarines
Buciled Up Like Fan
Forced down, as well as in, the Fps
rudders swept under those of the F.S,
the next submarine, giving the latter
bad list; and her gear, in turn, be-
came entangled with that of the FL,
next to the barge, so that she was
raised n foot or eighteen inches from
her nomal waterline. She also listed
Thus the three ships were like the
leaves of fan, with their sterns
tangled at the center, and the bows
spread out, also like a fan. The F-2
was the lowest in the water; then
came the F.3, in relative position, and
lastly the FL, nearest the barge and
highest in the water.
As they were pushed into the barge
it sprunk up and back, giving way
where the wharf would not have given.
At the same time the bow moorings
parted, and the bows of the boats
spread further apart, again like the
opening Of fan. The FL, thrown
against the barge, was stove in slightly
on the port side, aft of midships.
Sailors GO To Rescue
Men, of the fotilla swarmed from
the Alert and upon the submarines and
pulled their bows inshore. The F-2,
the outside submarine, was freed
quickly from the grasp of the F-S, but
it took longer to free the F-3 from the
FL. 1t was accomplished half an hour
after the mishap, her ballast tanks be.
ing flooded to lower her in the water,
All the submarines soon were floating
properly.
Lieutenant Crittenden soon was mott.
fed and went to the scene. Fred Buss
was called should the naval crane be
required.
The accident occutted So, quickly
that, except for the meR of the
fotilla, few ashore knew Of II. The
Supply was headed in the channel, got
out of her course through her engines
failing, and struck, but uhfessS 6Re were
on the wharf or on the street hit the end,
he would not have been aware Of theyeol.
lision. A small crowd was at The en-
trance to the wharf; man chilled out
that the ship was going III Nit, and she
hit on the word. The Afeft' already
was swarming with mep Cunning to
the submarines. Passengers'U f the Sup,
ply were keenly Interested of course,
but there was no great excitement
aboard the ship. We
Captain Henderson said that the en-,
gines Of the Supply, one of the Oldest
ships in the navy, had been in bad
shape, and that she was on her way
TO the Coast for repairs. She Is q
single screw vessel, which makes her
harder to handle than if she were twin
screw. A radiOgram had been sent
asking for tug to meet her outside
and the Navajo started out, but was
ordered to stand by at the entrance
to the harbor, off Quarantine. This
the Navajo did, ready to help the
Supply.
Noses Through the Fig
As is customary, the ship came in
under Roadway, with engines shut of
Tut with enough motion for her u
answer the rudder. She passed tn,
lighthouse well, but, as she CANE
further in, it was apparent that some
thing was wrong, as she steadily neareC
the submarines. The engines had beer
ordered backed, so as to throw hel
head toward the Navajo slip, the Gus
tOmary maneuver in handling a ship
but, as stated, they did not respond
All that remained was dropping thu
r anchors, and they slid into the water
I but the slow progress OF the Supply
was not halted until she had nose,
r through the light superstructure o.
r the F-2.
Assisted out bv the Navajo and
power boat, the Supply hOisted her an
chors and was swung toward the Naya
; JOS slip, but again she had trouble
bis TIME with her winches. and, eS
cept for a few minutes, when she ha
SOn'e power, she was taken in an
moored by hand, which meant tn
straining of scores of men on tn
mOOring lines. She moved by inches
and it was almost an hour after sh
struck the submarines before she hai
come to rest. ~
Link Blocks Stick
Technically, the link blocks stuck,
said Captain Henderson. " He sal
he did not believe thee was enong
tide for a current setting out the char
mel to have bothered the ship any.
owe are all right 80 long as the on
gines are kept moving, but shuttin
thew off meant trouble" he explained
After being repaired, the Supply |
expected to return to Guam as statiOl
ship
Capt. Richard Nelson, government
pilot, was on the bridge with Capital
Henderson.
The mishap was reported immediate
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