The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-17
CASE WRITES OF
 PER|LOUS VOYAGE
 ACROSS ATLANTIC

be read with interest, was received on the last mail by Andy Hoey, of the Terminal Robert E. Case, the writer of the letter, is a we'll known Nenanaite and was, some time ago, in the empoly of the Alaskan En- gineering commission. He is now serving on the U. S. S. Meranke, in the troop transport service.
 "We left Philadelphia July 3 for New York and anchored just be, DIV the Statue of Liberty, and on the 18th we started for France, 3S ships in the convoy, accompanied by de- stroyers and a few flying machines which stayed with us for over lay and then started back, but the U. S s. Galveston went along with us as escort. Everything was going smoothly until the evening of the 23rd, when we were attacked by a sub, no damage done though. They attacked us again on the 24th and the morning of the 25th, and on the evening of the 25th at 7:15, the sub got into the center of the con- voy and fired off a flock of tor pedoes, one missed our bow about 50 or 75 yards, and one just missed our stern about 15 feet, somewhat close. The Tippecanoe, the next ship to us. got hit and sank in 28 minutes, but the crew all got away we could see them put off, but one dared not stop and pick them up, for every ship was then running full speed ahead and the sub was still fighting us. The fight lasted for an hour. On the morning of the 26th it was foggy and the sub attacked us again, and. just as the fight was getting warmed up, a U. s. destroyer came rushing thru the fog about 35 or 40 miles an hour and made right for the sub and circled around it and dropped a whole flock of depth bombs and nearly blowed all the water out of the ocean, but the chances are there are a few blokes resting easy II, Davy Jones' locker. On the 18th we passed big convoy headed for the U. S., and at noon on the 29th we anchored in Lappallis, France, then went to Guiberon Bay and then to St Nazaire.
 Il spent Sunday in La Earle, the Atlantic City of France, and I had swell time.
 After unloading, we went to Royon and then to Bordeaux, and layed there few days, until con voy of 42 ships started for the States. The destroyers came out with us, but never did we see any subs on the whole home trip. When the convoy split up, this ship, the Eagle and the Veendyke took the lead and started out about Is knots homeward bound. We passed some icebergs and saw the northern lights one night, but when we saw the shores of the good old U. s. A. on the 5th of September, it sure did look good to us.
 "I am ships quartermaster and had to stand hours on and off for P days and the lights of the compass at night put my eyes on the blink and have had headache TOT the last eight days.
 ''1t sure did look tough to see those poor devils out there in the life boats that night and no chance of picking them up, for it was a little cold, and the black gang had very few clothes and, and had no time to get any, for they put the life boats off in short order after being hit.
 "This ship is a little different from the Seattle No. 3; this one is 12,OO0 ton wagon and a real sea- going affair.
 Give my regards to all the boys, and tell them to drop line to