The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-04

| Passed through two wakes, one being
that from the u. N. s. c. in turning
to northward, the other believed to
have been from the passing subma-
rine. A second torpedo wake was
reported at about 1885 from after
lookouts. After steaming in vari-
Ious courses at full speed, resumed
course 80 degrees psc at 11:10 for
Rendezvous. At IL. set course Sc de-
grees psc.'
&c. The torpedo fired at the d
passed from the starboard to port.
'about forty yards ahead of the ship
leaving distinct wake which was
visible for about 400 or 500 yards.
Col. a.. U. S. A., was on the star
board wing of the bridge of the d
at the time, and states:
Saw White Streak
In Water.
81 first saw the white streak in
the water just off the starboard bow
which moved rapidly across the bow
very close aboard. When first saw
It 1t looked one very wide awake and
similar to the wake OF a ship, but
after crossing the bow and when in
line with 1t there appeared two dis
tinct and separate wakes with a
streak of blue water between. In
my opinion they were wakes of two
separate torpedoes.'
~. The submarine which was
sighted by the flagship was seen by
the b and passed under that ship.
The b went to quarters. When the
alarm was sounded in the b, Lieuten-
ant w. was reused out of his sleep
and went to his station and found
unmistakable evidence of the pres
ence of submarine. He had been
there only a few seconds when the
radio operator reported Submarine
very close to us AS the submarine
passed the b and the flagship's bow
and disappeared close aboard on our
port bow, between the columns, 1t
was followed by the b, which ran
down between the columns and
when the latter resumed her sta
ton she reported that there were
strong indications of the presence Of
two submarines astern which were
growing fainter The b then was
sent to guard the rear of the con-
voy.
IS. When | was in Paris, was
shown, by the United States naval
attache, confidential bulletin of In
formation issued by the general staff
dated July 6, which contained the
following:
'Punta Delgada, Azores, was
bombarded at a. m. July 4. This
is undoubtedly the submarine which
attacked the Il on June %, 400 miles
north of the Azores and sank the +
and G, on the Goth of June, 100
miles from Terceira (Azores). This
submarine was ordered to watch in
the vicinity of the Azores. at such
distance as 1t was supposed the en-
envy American convoy would pass.
Submarines in
Waiting.
80. 1t appears from the French
report quoted above that enemy sub
marines had been notified Of our ap-
proach and were probably scouting
across our route. 1t is possible that
they may have trailed us all day on
June % as our speed was well with
In their limits Of surface speed and
they could have easily trailed our
smoke under the weather conditions
without being seen; their failure to
score hits was probably due to the
attack being precipitated by the for
tuitous circumstances of the flag
ships helm damned and the sound
ing of her whistle. leading enemy to
suppose he had been discovered.
40. The II, leading the second
group, encountered two submarines.
the first about 1850 a. m. &c June,
1917. in latitude - N. longitude
w, about 100 miles off the coast
of France and the second two hours
later. The l investigated the wake
of the first without further discoy-
cry. The sighted the bow wave
of the second at distance of 1900
yards and headed for 1t at a speed
of 20 knots, The gun pointers at the
forward gun saw the periscope sew
eral times for several seconds, but
1t disappeared each time before they
could get on, due to the zig-zagging
of the ship. The ] passed about 25
yards ahead of mass of bubbles
which were coming up from the