The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
IF OFFICERS AND MEN LOST WHEN
 T|CONDER0GA SUNK
Number of Sailors Aboard, But Losses Among Them Not Yet Announced by
 Navy Department

w dSlfllfolofl, NJSIOlJpI u. Ten officers and 102 enlisted men were lost, two officers were taken prisoner and three officers and five enlisted men were saved in the sinking of the American steamer Ticon- deroga by an enemy sllbma- rine in midocean September 30. the navy department to- night announced. A number of enlisted men of the army were aboard the Ticonderoga. No announcement has heen made as to losses among the soldiers. The Ticonderoga formerly the Ger man steamer Camilla Rckmers, was eastbound, and at the time of the sink ing had Nropped behind her convoy because of engine trouble. The vessel was torpedoed without warning and shelled after white blanket was hoisted to the mast
 ACCOUNT OF SINKING
 The navy department tonight made public the following account of the sink ing of the ship, given in the testimony of the chief quartermaster, George S Tapply, who reported at the department today:
 The attack occurred at 5.20 a. m September 30. The weather was clear but overcast, the sea was moderate, The Ticonderoga was 10 or 15 miles behind the convoy. having been unable to keep up
 'Tapply said he was in his bunk when general alarm sounded at 5:20 a. m. and when he reached the bridge it was all afire. At this time the whistle blew for abandon ship" and he helped the pay master bring aft the captain. who was badly wounded. He helped lower the forward boat on the port side and two after boats. The wireless had been car- ried away, so no messages could be sent out. The guns were firing all this time. When the submarine was sighted it was about 200 yards off the port bow. The U-boats fired two shots, hit the bridge, setting 1t afire and it's third shot car ried away one of the Tieonderoga's s guns
 SPELLED WITH SHRAPNEL
 The submarine submerged for 20 min utes and reappeared about two miles off the starboard quarter, when 1t started to shell the vessel with shrapnel. It next fred torpedo which struck amidshlps, Durstin~ the pipes, The ship then started 0 settl Tae German marksmanshlp vas eff ctive and most of the lifeboats were faH of holes from shrapnel. At about l:45 the captain, with IA soldiers was put tn the last boat on the vessel and the boat was lowered away. That was the only boat to get clear At that time there were S5 to 4G men still left alive in the ship, and the siX-inch gun had been disable by shell fire. The yes sci could not be steered. By order cf the executive officer white blanket was tied to the aftermast near the top mast, but the submarine continued to fire
 FIRED ON BOAT
 s.sA raft was launched and some lo men boarded it. It was then about 70, and a few minutes later the ship sank. stern first. The submarine fired two shots at the only open boat left. and then went alougside the lifeboat. inquiring for the captain and officer Not finding the cap tain. they took aboard two seamen. The submarine then picked up the executive officer from the wreckage, and went alongside the raft. taking off the flrst assistant engineer and returning the two seamen to the raft. The men on the ra it asked for medical assistance but the submarine ignored the request and cut the raft adrift. The lifeboat, drifting near the raft and five men from the raft were transferred to the boat with the idea of tying a line to the raft hut this could not be done and the wind prevented the boat getting back to the raft There were 2 men in the boat, and they sailed and drifted Tor four days. being picked up about p. m on the fourth day by the steamship Moorish Prince.
 .sTapply described the submarine as be- jne about POO feet long and 5 5-foot beam. but not of the cruiser type. He saia it was armed with an or lo-inch gun aft, a or 5-inch gun forward ana q small machine gun Survivors arriving in this country said the ship was torpedoed when. because of engine trouble, she fell behind her con- yoy about 1700 miles off the Atlantic coast After sending torpedo into the side of the ship, according to the story told by survivors. the submarine shelied the Ticonderoga and her boats, killing and wounding many of the American sali- ors and soldiers
 THE DEAD
 The list of killed follows
 I.IEUTENANTS.
 William Bennett, East Boston. Mass.
 Samuel S, Magruder. San Francesca