The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20

| we submerged. us | remember. five
| times in the North sea. six in the Eng
lish channel, and three or four in the
| open water.
Yes" laughing heartily, Eyes, each
| time there was reason.
""The longest we actually stayed uE-
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 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 fcet--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 klels
and crew Of 25 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.
ION board they busted themselves
with the machinery, for practically all
| of them are mechanics. They played
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 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.
"HOw do we listen? There are
aboard two micrOphones. and with
| them we were able to hear the WhiS-
| Ting of 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 bell buoy six miles
| from us.
"The screw of n ship we could hear
| quite plainly while it was yet snte
distance from us. More than hearing
it, we could tell whether it was a
| cruiser or destroyer. 1t was quite
| fascinating to listen so.
Details of the Trip.
Captain KOenig did not take the
Deutschland around Scotland, as has
been conjecturcd. He came straight
| hn S0iI
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. 1t is too easy to calculate when
she may be expected at some given
place. So we lay in wait 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 capable sub
marine crew.
"Again, we had to trim the cargo.
| That must always be done after Il
start is made. We must shift things
about and stow them away. And every
thing needs to be tested. Ali worked
nicely.
1--WE carried $50 tons of fuel oil. OF
! that we have 95 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.
| "The last time we submerged was
| as we were nearing the Virginia capcS
and we saw an American boat ap-
preaching. We thought it was fruit
boat so we just dipped under for the
last time. The men were always glad
when we did that-it made such
smooth travelling. The Deutschland
scarcely rolls ut 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 Krupn
| Germania works, cost $500, 600. This
voyage will pay for her. he said.
Boat a Mass Of Machinery.
| As described by DR.. John G. Travers,
assistant u. S. health officer. who was
taken through the boat by Captain
| Koenig. the DeutSchland's interior APP
pears to be mainly q mass OF machln-
cry. She has but one deck below ana
a seventeen-foot depth of hold for her
cargo. DR.. Travers descended through
the forward hatch. where he found
the crews quarters. hunks on either
side of a narrow passageway leading
to compartments occupied by the cap
tain and his two officers. The cap
tain's room is scarcely six feet square
and barely high enough for man
to stand.
1t 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 to drive the vessel when sub
merged.
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