Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-02

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"a" he said. We expect an answer
late today or tomorrow" ~. -.
1t Is probable that the. submarine
will not be entirely examined and
cleared before next Tuesday Lieut.,
Comdr. Furer, after being invited to
day by c. b. Gage Of the, AID Club
to address the club next, Wednesday,
when the first meeting following the
vacation interim is. TO be. held, said
he would he. present total OF his task
in raising the eF4, provided. the work
does not keep him away on that day,
Discussing Disposal of Submarines
What 70 do with the hulk OF the
F-+ after It has yielded up its dead
and its secrets as to the cause. of the
disaster Of March 25, Is being discuss.
led by the navy men hare. and possi-
bly, il before the special naval board
Eof inquiry. In the course Of its inyes.
tigation of the submarines sinking
Four leading methods of disposal
have been suggested, but the navy de.
partment viii probably be the. court
of last resort In determining what
shall be done with tho craft. after she
is no longer usefnl as means OF re-
Eealing possible dangerous weakness
In submarine construction.
8 These are, in brief. as follows:
First, fioating the hNlk out to q
deep place in open sea by means OF
the pontoons and sinking it there. The
chief objection to this method Is that
unless all af the pDRtnons. supporting
.one side eh the boat could be freed
Of their burden ut once the submarine.
weighing EGO tons In the water. might
carry tWoe:er more Of the pOnt0pns
down with her, necessit nting great exc
.pense and danger IN having divers
free them from the hulk.
Project number two IS TO use ti1e
:oxy-acetylene EteeIscutfing method To
cut the submarine IN several pieces
so that they could DO placed. one ct
"a time on q naval barge and t0Wed|
out to sea to be dumped overheard
The oxysacetylene method Is q process
by which a stream or burning acety-
lene gas mixed witlEi oxygen Is fed
through 9 blpWpipe against the sur-
face to be cut. The fame with its
great heat Cuts hole through the.
steel like q knife through piece Of
cheese. ltf:s IS ISL
Towing the submarine 10. the new
Pearl Harhor naval station and plae-
ing ii there on land. Is the third PLAN
suggested. 8 There Is said to. be ecna
siderable opposition already felt in
naval quarters against this as navy
officers feel such an action would not
only be inappropriate, bur might be
o. reminder AtOo melancholy for the
new station. -
The fourth plan suggested Is to-
patch up the submarine making IL
Watertight enough to stay afoat until
she can be lowed out into deep water
and there sunk. This Of course is on
the assumption that after the hull IS
emptied the craft viii be light enoughs
to float u 80 S. 3 -
When ASKED today as to which Of
the plans adkc6atel viii probably be.
selected when the FsA,s battered
wreck is ready to- be given burial or
otherwise disposed Of, Lieut.. x, b.
Crittenden, commander Of the sEY'
submarine fiptilIa. said he is not at
liberty to discuss the matter. and that
final choice as to DISPOSAL Of the F-4s
will be made 0y the navy department
Examination OF the As interior Isl
not being hurried any by the board;
Of inquiry, because the. menbers wiah,
TO make q, detailed examination Of all
the. work done to secure as many.
clews as possible as to the cause Of
the accident It was learned today
that 1t may take from one to tWOsI
weeks longer before the sahmariHe's Ell
interior is cleared and the board Isl
ready to commence the writing of itesI
report to the NAVY department. con.
tanning everything learned Of the ae-
cident as result of. the ekhaHstiFes
study Of the wreck. =, IS
supt. LyIe's Feat, i T.: ! =: j. V la..
IA new precedent in local drydock
handling was. established last night at
the Inter.Island plant on Allen street.
where the F44 is locked while the en-
animation and search for bodies is IL,
When the ting Printer finished its.I
repairs last might. twas necessary toll
get her out of the dryil0Gk without |
the submarine again bysl
sinking the entire structure The tug
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