Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-05-23
RECORDS TELL HOW AMERICAN
DESTROYERS SINK SUBMARINES
vessels Guarding Convoy Forced Germans Surrender After Depth
Charge and Shell fre-"Mosquito Fleet" With Crews of
Youths Does Great Work in Danger zone-NeIson
Touch In One Fight. r.

cheerful disregard for anything but
duty. For not only must our under.
sea craft run she risk OF being fred
on by enemy ships, but they have also
To chance shots from British cruisers
and armed vessels. who "let fly" when
ever they see a persope which they
cannot identify.
Nelson Touch In oNe Fqht.
There WIS II Nelson touch about the
destruction of one Uiboat witch would
have appealed strongly to the little I'D.
miral who looks down from his lofty
emincnce In Trafalgar Square upon the
Admiralty building In Whitehall.
Sighting the German. the Britisher
Owed aud gave chase. w0ksd blind on
the course her commander laid and
trusted somewhat ~ luck. Now and
nga'n her pesiscope broke water for
second or so-only long enough for
her skipper TO confirm his cou>se md
bearings. Then the British navigated
into shallow water. ~ shallow indeed
TINT To avoid being seen she had to
scrnpc the bottom. humping uncomfort-
ably and dangerously all the while. and
had also to dip her psriscope.
Luck was with her and she avoided
breaking surface until she casne to
position favorable for ntnck. between
600 and 600 yards from the U.boat,
| uhteh uuunSpa.,ipy ,x.. ixt,, a,ro ,b
her coming tower open. Some Of her
crew were indeed spr~ding the wind
screen IN preparation for trip on the
surface.
little did they dream that In n few
seconds they would be on their why 10
"Dnvy Jones's Locker" BOT w II hap
pencd. Away with a hiss went the
torpeiocs from her tubes. AMI as they
sped on their errind the Byttishcr WINS
shifted 70 that smother tute was
brought n bear on the enemy. The
commander was taking no chances,
and II the bow tubes missed he was
ready to have another 90. But the
bow tubes had been well and truly
lnid- on The snrsst, and twenty seconds
after the toucdDrs bad been fired a
dull expansion vas heard by the Brit.
ish crew.
| Oily 0uhstnnes On Suw<Nce.
But there w0s No dgn u die U-boat
There WIS a great disturbance upon
the water who're the pirate had last
been seen. and when tho Ritisher
reached the spot the sa WINS found
covered With thick layer u oily sub
stance. A wireless 10 the depot port
and another rod dot wvOt on the chart
which records the fate u the pirates
In the dawn N bright morning a
British submarine sighted IN enemy
U-boat running 90 the surfses and at
once divrsl to get into favorable po
dtion fW attack. A tho navy would
say. she proceeded 10 requisite" for
fifteen minutes and. rising until Der
pertscope wns 3bovc water, picked up
her quarry agnin. The skipper wanted
TO make sure VI his game.
Carefully aud expertiy he vancouver
oil his booi into favorable position
Then quick orthr and ont Of the tube
n shining 'tin 6sh- sped toward the
Hun. in less than u minute the cxplo.
sion was heard, aud up to the surface
came tho Britisher TO look for results
Right ahead the SEQ vas covered with
n big patch Il oil. In which three men
wcro swimming. Two were picked up
by one Of the submarines boats; the
other sank befoN he could be- reached.
Another OF the kaiser's pets had gone
west"