East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-06-29
h Grass ScSlion of U-Bost,
Showing Its Construction.


II not IN tReit tafeti
tilessseh. tES 1resSsns
- Of mos1a- sieturss
but net So fesyy few sli!aps. wlic
are nas i aIly solisass.l.I. sias: = ISfe a.
amined Il ii ~ at q tJz5safs 's'ssi'
70 htxnIy H8sifIs e Fersens tho snasissGc
Of so d0inx isiighs mart apRcars 70 ,lse de-
xieabie, foF. fls2 sis4rasfezisfie tcmsesof the
Euhmarine. aps,r0 is7.atels enEnxh. are sni-
phnfsc. kvil sases a'so bFif.g swretcbed
lftharex . n svsip tsurei in. a eafqneyErd
U-boas. Es,s3 iif Y,E-atp,i AZ. 5Frathed bys
% DsbnF olier human teinEs. Che con-
trackea spasS and he tenifis Jar Rp& haPr;
a machinery render an andeseas trip
anytl lsut ulearlnrs :
Bri brmaE ingennitr expressed IN per
fsefls adgszfai mechanism challenges in
als@t -eresy aidAs Anytbsngs less than
srrfeefipes wouIS @pen sa;a1xfc- to TIC boat
saa ~ - bessd- Tie IeliAsilItE Of the
makt mssiss aowes j. ks. far The. most
- Ppns4zzi silfsx IL. snlsaarine. according
- eh expess of ,uar own navy" If the
mkta hs6tire power Is not absolutely re-
Mhbis the submarine wiR be a failure,
nhys his expert and he attributes such
mneeeA ses As the German submarines have
mud aE dne more largely to the knowledge
ef she Diesel engine possessed by the
tihruaussflsa 70 amy other factor. The
endurance Of their boats he says, '-canl
better - reelsoned By the endurance Of
their engines than BY the endurance. or
ttsiE Farsoliaei
Should the. main motors or their start
!. =.
hpHta Is itinnins submerged the boat viii
ouhe q the surface. and the nearby
nyzeoaid thus direct. his fire at his
plrsznse. If the cnehunter. were with
sas other craft bnt an unarmed mer-
eha1asnan kiis Yeillds mean the complete
obliterasion, of the ai-ioaL Thus the
Easchipesy Fnnst be entirely dependable.
0a nn.f Of building the engine int
Ae hssk - ~ayal ezar-t. remarks thzt
aeshna~n-alst We built around the engine
TI.Emlv Trpe Of U-B0at.
: ussHa Krupp submsrine such as
was - Asss "a the bcginnfng u tse ssnI
was KsD gesk IN length, with a beaTp Of
- kaM IA is~hes: draught IL feet 81
msss,-%. 1fspnar3ments on surface 22Jla
sehs so @ken- submerged 2SOk TONS
ne esunss@ sases ineraesed is size and
Isasass udspsss then. but otherwise The
si.naezsssss~nsnot altered maieFiaily- 50
sar - ~ Akswn TIE latest German sub
rlsrs ,>.saass stke fhe KTfpp original. has
twst.ass It. suieF one shap-d like tor
pssss suass Tee sihner tpb is divided into
ttF.s "a dTbe straefs.Ia is able TO
vvf.ssszzsi IA, water rpres---e Incident to
r. ~
csak kpa-s.rseses.s cil tnRlE aE3 sSnter. ballast
ate esrsszs in the space hctween. tbe two
IasIz. seai =.
- this KInpp submarine two tospedo'
mt~ were carried in tie bow. Elhle ca
.she de~k, AFT, a third tube was ,mouutef>
The more recently construs ted submarines
'hars f9pr foF.led9 tubes in The lows
esed win eight torpedOes, fo1r in the
tul,es and tic otler four in racks. II Is
.oneslsst diGlxnltf to rnalisai tlfnt tbfse1
fsrpeeces weigh about a ton each. Tee
sarrox SPACE aad rllling Of the boat
al.Res The task Ct getting one o. these
rfsnt to-5edoes out CT its ra~k and into
the siinS and then into the tub" none
TOO. easy one. Twenty eight hundred
pounds Of comprtssed cir TO the square
frrh sends the torpedo On itssway with
a. sd fhafs e. signalized inside the y
tant by an unmistnkaia thud. As u
leavcs the Submarine It's oEr tiny air
tfrbines- aTe set In mOtioa. aud these,
shoria tn torpedo mies lis marx, may
earry Il three miles % an unknown des-
tiuy. Houerer. It cannot exist forever
10 menace shipping and the human Tefe.
tecause its searoei.s are set - tlnt u
vIn slnt instead Of c0atiEuesg to Goat
on the water.
Mesho1 Of Pfcpudrion.
f.he modem submarina is-nsuaIl7 driv.z
byNtwin screws aud Tor surface prepul-
tf6n al ihterhai eombnssi0r enEine Is
- ,rhiris --urnuus ..rnde OH As fht|
otrnans had ngs TOO much fuel 80 tse
,her devoted mrck tine and engrEg 70
ths stadx q the Dieusl enEine and balu'shf
n 10 rnch perfectioa thnt Il 800 cut
rfripnsd ras1iena ~ EnEl1ee prppulsion.