The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-12
372 Soldiers Perish When the Vessel Goes Dowr
116 PERISH WHEN
 TICONDEROGA SUNK
TWO LlEUTENANTS WERE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE SusMA-
 RINE CREW.

Washington, Oct. 11.--Ten oGficersl
 adn 10G enlisted mon of the Ameri-l can steamer Iiconderoga, sunk by anl enemy submarine September 90 werej
 reported missing in an announcement
 today by the navy department Lieut. tenants Frank L. Miller. Oakland, Call
 ifornia, and Julius Fischer Frisco N C.. were taken prisoner by the U-boatl
 crew
 Three officers and five enlisted menl
 were announced as the only knownl survivors of the Tioonderoga Sur
 vivors landed at an Atlantic port, rel ported as numbering about 25, are| believed to include members of de-
 tachment of soldiers detailed to carel
 for horses which were being transport
 ed
 The navy announcement gave mere ly the names of the crew of the Tie londerUga reported as missing, wound ed and taken prisoner. No details Of the sinking of the Ticonderoga, ves sel of 5,l30 tons, formerly the Ger man steamer Camilla Rickmers have been announced other than that si.e was sent down by a submarine Sep tember S0 Survivors arriving in this country said the ship was torpedoed when, because of engine trouble, she fell behind her convoy about 1,700 miles off the Atlantic coast. After sending a torpedo craShing into the side of the ship the submarine, they said, sheled the Ticonderoga and her
 boats, killing and woundins many cf
 the American sailors and soldiers. The navy department tonight made;
 public the following account of the
 sinking of the ship given in the tes-
 timony of Chief Quartermaster George| s. Tapply who reported at the de-
 par.ment today:
 The attack occurred at 5:30 a. m,
 September 90. The weather was clear
 but overcast the sea moderate. TheI
 Tisconderoga was ten or fifteen mllesI
 behind tho convoy haying been unaDHl
 to keep up.'
 Tapply said he was in his bunk
 when general alarm sounded at 5:20 a.
 m and when he reached the bridgel 1t was all afire At this time tnol
 whistle blew for Abandon ship and he helped the palmaster bring aft, the captain who was badly wounded
 He helped lower the forward boat onI
 the port side and two aft boats. The wireless had been carried away so no'
 messages could be sent. The guns,
 were firing all this time When tnei submarine was sighted it was about POO yards off the port bow The U-i
 boat fired two shots and hit the DridgeI setting 1t attire and it's third shot car ried away one of he Ticonderoga's guns,
 The submarine submerged for POI minutes and reappeared about two miles off the starboard quarter when lit started to shell the vessel with shrapnell It then fired torpedo,
 Nhich struck amidships, bursting theI steam pipes. The ship then started tol
 settle. The German marksmanshfp
 was effective and most of the lie
 hoats were full of holes from shrap-
 nel At about 7:15 r m the captain
 with IA soldiers was put in tho last boat on the vessel and the boat was lowered away That was the only boat
 to get clear. At that time there were 35 or 40 men still left alive on the. ship and the six inch gun had been! disabled by shell fire. Tne vessel
 could not be steered. By order of the executive officer a white blanket was tied to the aftermast near the top
 mast but the submarine continued to fire.
 "A raft was launched and some fiI- teen men boarded it 1t was then about 730 and few minutes later the ship sank stern first The submarine fired two shots at the only open boat left and then went alongside the Are- aoat inquring for the captain and the orncers.
 Not finding the captain they took aboard two seamen The submarine then pickel up the executive officer
 from the wreckage and went along side the raft, taking off the first as- , sistant engineer and returning the | ---------------- 4@t..a