Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-07-22

open water
Yes" laughing heartily, Eyes, each
time there was a reason.
"The longest we actually stayed I'M
der was that ten hours In the English
channel, but we could stay four days.
At the end Of that time our batteries
would be exhausted, and we would
have to rise and recharge them. Dur
ing the entire trip we travelled a total
Of ninety miles under water.
AS far as the physical effect on the
ships company IS concerned, we could
remain forever. We can submerge fifty
fathoms-three hundred feet-but as a
matter Of fact we never went nearly
that deep. and probably never Shall"
Liked the Submerging.
Those on the Deutschland besides
himself were First Mate Krapuhl, Sec
ond Mate Gyring, Chief Engineer Kleis
and a crew Of % men. Kleis, he said,
over and over again, was "the most i'm
portant Of ALL" Then he told how the
crew spent the time.
con board they busted themselves
with the machinery. for practically all
cards, and they had their singing and
their sleeping and their sitting about,
and the time passed.
BEST Of all they--all Of us, In fact
liked the submerging Unpleasant?
indeed it was not 1t was just like
sinking into a sort of blue nest. We
open the portfolios, and then through
the glass we could see the fish and the
formations Of the sea, and always we
listened. listened listened,
"EIOw do we listen? There are
aboard two mtcrophones, and with
them we were able to hear the whis-
Ting of a buoy six miles off when we
were under water. And just before we
came up about thirty miles from the
Virginia capes. we were able to hear
the ringing Of q bell buoy six miles
from us.
"The screw OF a ship we could hear
quite plainly while it was yet a safe
distance from us. More than hearing
it, we could tell whether 1t was a
cruiser or a destroyer. 1t was quite
fascinating to listen so.
Details of the Trip.
Captain Koenig did not take the
Deutschland around Scotland, as has
been conjectured. He came straight
through the Channel, he said.
1--WE left Bremerhaven at noon on
June II. We proceeded quietly to Hell
goland; there we stayed four days
There were three reasons for that: No
ship proceeds all the way after start
Ing. Il is too easy to calculate when
she may be expected at some given
place. SO we lay in wait a while.
Then, too, we wanted to train the men.
During those four days we drilled and
taught them hard and when once more
we proceeded we had a capable sub
marine crew.
again. we had to trim the cargo.
That must always be done after a
start IS made. We must shift things
about and stow them away. And every
thing needs to be tested. All worked
nicely.
1--WE carried $50. tons of fuel oil. OF
that we have IS tons left--more than
enough to take us back-and we shall
not ship any more here. Then we car
ried many tons Of oxygen and twenty
tons of fresh water of which we had
ten left.
"Thc last time we submerged was
rs we were nearing the Virginia capes
and we saw an American boat APP
preaching We thought 1t was fruit
boat SO we Just dipped under for the
last time The men were always glad
when we did that-lt made such
smooth travelling. The Deutschland
scarcely rolls at all under water.
And that about completes the story
OF the voyage. We travelled, we saw
ships and submerged. we travelled
again on the surface and at last we
arrived"
The Deutschland built by the Krupp
GermanIa works, cost 100000. This
voyage win pay for her. he said.
Boat a Mass Of Machinery.
AS described by Dr. John c. Travers,
assistant IT, s. health officer. who was
taken through the boat by Captain
koenig, the Deutschland'S interior APP
pears to be mainly a mass of machin-
cry. She has but one deck below and
u Seyenteen-foot depth OF hold for her
cargo. Or. Travers descended through
the forward hatch. where he found
the crews quarters, hunks on either
side Of a narrow pasSageway leading
70 compartments occupied by the cap
tain and his two officers. The cap
taln's room Is scarcely six feet square
and barely high enough for a man
10 stand.
II is furnished all In metal with
the exception OF a small oak desk.
Directly beneath the officers quarters
is the dynamo. which stores electrical
energy 10 drive the vessel when sub
merged
Next Dr, Travers was taken into
}e officers meSsroom. scarcely larger
than the StateroomS. with galley
hujd with all The economy OF space
VI a Pullman diuing-car Kitchen. Aft
the messroom, about o0e-th,rd the