Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-07
j. s. PATROL BOAT
SUNK IN WAR ZONE
WITH LOSS OF q
The Alcedo Torpedoed by
German Submarine Early
Monday Morning.
GOES DOWN WITHIN FOUR
MINUTES AFTER BEING HIT
First American War Vessel to Be
Destroyed Since Out
break of Conflict.
ITALIANS ARE STILL RETIRING
British Win Notable Victory by Cap
turing Town Of Pass
chendacle.
GOES DOWN WITHIN FOUR
MINUTES AFTER BEING HIT
ARE STILL RETIRING
British Win Notable Victory by Cap
turing Town OF Pass
chendacle.
IBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON November C.-The
American patrol boat Alccdo was tor
pcdocd and sunk by German sub
marine in fhe war zone early Monday
morning. and one officer and twenty
enlisted men are missing. The Alcedo,
q converted yacht. carried n crew of
seven officers and eighty-five men.
The Navy Department tonight is
sued the following statement:
Tho Navy Department has been ad-
vised by Vice-Admiral Sims that at
1880 a. NJ. November s. the American
patrol boat Alcedo converted yacht.
was torpedoed and sunk by German
submarine in the war zone. One officer
and twenty men are missing. The ship
sank in four minutes after being
struck. Several vessels were searching
for possible survivors at the time the
report was made. The Alccdo carried
a crew OF seven officers and cjEhty-fve
men,"
The Alcedo is the first American war
vessel to go down in the war. The
destroyer Cassin on patrol duty was
torpedocd recently. but she made port
safely with tho loss OF only one man.
No details OF the engagement were
given In tho brief dispatch announcing
the yachts LOGS.
CASUALTIES ANNOUNCED
ny NAVY DEPARTMENT
The Navy Department announced
that tho following members of the AL
redo's Grew were still unaccounted for:
Lieutenant Uunior Eradc) John T.
Melvin. Father. bishop S.e evart Mel
vim. OF Selma. Ala.
Il. Il. Gozzctt. seaman. Mother. Mrs.
a. @. Gozzctt, Astoria. l.. ].
James ]. clcary. seaman. Mother.
Mrs. AIbertina Cleary. White Plains,
y. Y.
w. Wesche. seaman. Mother, Mrs. r.
Wcsche. Brooklyn. n. Y.
r. w. Riker, seaman. Mother. Mrs.
Harry +. Riker. Brooklyn. y. Y.
w. r. IIoller. seaman. Mother. Mrs.
+. Holler. Richmond Hill. New York
City.
]. w. Brunkhardt, seaman. Mother.
Mrs Il. Brunkhardt. Brooklyn. y. Y.
Luther Q. Weaver. seaman. Father.
L. w. Weaver, Brooklyn, n. y.
John Wynne, Jr., seaman. Wife.
Mrs. John ]. wynnc. Jr.. New York
City.
E. Harrison. mess attendant. Uncle.
Henry Pool. Tyler, Ala.
+. w. FingcrlinE, fireman. Mother,
Mira c. Tenburir. Jersey City.
Allen T. Edwards, seaman. Mother.
Mrs. Lydia NJ Edwards. Jackson. n. c.
e. +. Caus. seaman. Mother. Mrs.
Mary Caus. Jamaica. Long Island.
". E. Harrington, seaman. Mother.
Mrs. Maude Harrington. Ashland. Okla.
w. U. surratt. seaman. Mother, Mrs.
w. d. Witt. North Fork, w Va.
w. w. Smock. seaman. Father. D.
r. Smock. Des Moines. Iowa.
S. j. Towle seaman. Mother. Mrs.
Mary Vonderwail. Jamaica. l.. I.
j. r. Daniel. seaman. Father, j. A.
Daniel, Darlington, S. c.
Fl. A. Pacciano. boilermaker. Mother.
Mrs. Teresa Pacciano. Endicott. n. Y.
Frank w. Higgins yeoman (naval
reserve). Mother, Mrs. Bertha e. IIiG-
gins, Staten Island. ~ Y.
Robert McCray Gnegro), seaman.
Father. Capus Mccray. Charleston. S. c.