Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-15
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woman, 1St Glass; -. >. y. MafyIano.
After. being led by the Maryland
across the Pacific the third submarine
division of the Pacific feet came into
the harbor yesterday afternoon at 2:3&
o'clock, and with them came the rec
ord Of a submarine making a trans
oceanic trip Of POO miles without q
breakdown. The U. S. S. XII, flagship
Of the division, commanded by Lieut.
| Joseph V. Ogan, made the entire trip
from San Francisco Bay to Honolulu
harbor without once stopping her en-
gfnes.
Together with the U. S. S. K-7 came
the U. S. S. XII. Lieut.. James P Old.
ing commanding; q. S. S. KS Lieut..
John w. Lewis commanding, and the
L. s. s. K-3, Lieut. o. g. Francis T.
Chew commanding. The submarines
were conveyed by the L. s. S. Marv.
land. the navy tug lroQuois and the
collier Nanshan.
The squadron left San Francisco at
about a. NJ, Sunday, October 3, and
averaged about seven and half knots
for the trip. The vessels formed in
an inverted "V" formation, with the
Maryland at the apex Of the "V" and
the submarines and auxiliaries in the
arms.
Minor Trouble on k-4.
On Monday, the fourth. the IA re-
ported some minor trouble, and was
taken in tow by the IrOquois, but cast
loose the next day, having made neces-
sary repairs On the fifth. chief ma
chinist's mate Bratton of the K3 was
taken off the submarine and brought
aboard the Maryland. having smashed
hfs niger In ZEE machinery of the I'M
dersea fighter.
Later in the day, the Kiss starbOard
motor burned out, but after little
while the trouble was repaired and
she continued under her own power.
On the seventh, Lieut.: Lewis. COM
manding officer of the KS. was taken
from that boat and brought OIL board |
the Maryland, suffering from nephri |
It's. Commander Frederick n. Free
man, commander of the torpedo flo |
tilla, Pacific feet. who was on the |
XII, shifted to the KS. During the |
night of the same day the KS had |
some minor troubles, and it was neces |
sary to take her in tow.
From then until the eleventh the |
trip was uneventful, hut on the elCv |
enth the K-4, which had been taken |
in tow again, cast loose and proceeded !
under her own power. On the twelfth. |
Lieut. Lewis, being once more physi- |
cally 1T, was transferred back to the |
KS, and Commander Freeman came |
on board the Maryland. where he fin.
ished the trip. During the stop t.
place Lieut.. Lewis aboard. provisions
were sent to :le tug IroQuois. From
then until the boats arrived in tho
harbor the trip was unevcntful
Target Practise Drills.
During the run over. targets wore
rugged on the Nanshan and IrOQuois.
and the crew of the Maryland were
husily engaged in preparing for tn"
coming target practise. the gun crews
being employed in sighting and aim,
ing drills and the searchlight crews
hard at work on the searchlights.
The Maryland has on board 1871 az
prentice seamen, who were placed on
board at San Francisco from the Ma
val Training Station and are making
training cruise. These men have
received special drills. and every after
noon school was held for their in
struction. On the twelfth, Ensign |.
NJ. Graham, we'll known to many Ho-
nolulans. delivered a lecture to them
on the Hawaiian Islands," which was
a very interesting and instructive dis
course.
As soon as the Maryland dOCkcd
yesterday afternoon, she prepared to
take on $50 tons Of coal. and today is
bUsily engaged in COaling ship Ar |
rangements are being made for a trip
to Hilo. and large party from the
ship will make the trip to tho vol.
CanO.
UpOl her return to the states the |;
Maryland will stop at tho training
station and discharge the apprentice II
seamen. and then proceed to san 20,
drO for torpedo practise, after which
she will go to San Diego. and make
active preparations for target prac-
tisC which will he held short while
after that
Praise From Admiral.
Judging from the results Of her -
small arms target practise. tn" Mary
land will undOubtedly make a very
creditable showing at elementary tar, g..
get practise Her excellent work on
the small arms target range hrnuGht
commentators radiO2ram from AID 4.
hOmbdrding the Flemish land batteries
and coast positions of the Germans
With this sea bOmhardment. the
French and Belgian shore batteries
are COODeratjOp