The sun., 1919-08-20
SC-1S1 is VICTOR IN
700 MILE SEA RACE
Lieut.. Days Craft, First of
Chaser Fleet, Covers Dis
lance in 81 1-3 Hours.
REVIEWED ON HUDSON
Electric Storm Only Bad Fea-
turc of Record Run From
the Bermudas.

Smashing to smithereens the New
York Bermuda record for gasolene
driven craft the United States Navy
sc-13I hailed Ambrose Channel light
ship at |: 10 yesterday morning, passed
the Official finish line Off the Statue OF
Liberty at 1853. and proceeded to her
anchorage of 135th street to await Of
ficiai recognition of the feat. The elapsed
time Of the ITO footer from St Davids
Head, Bermuda, TO Bedloes Island was
announced later as fifty-seven hours and
twenty minutes, some ten hours less than
the previous record for the distance, APP
proximately 700 miles.
While Lieut.. Joseph l.. Day OF Port
land. Me-, commanding officer of the
SC-131, won the race engaged In by the
six chasers which had been officially Sc
lected for the speed contest, the entire
feet Of twenty-one motor craft finished
several hours inside the figure set
IN 1913 The 217 and the ISL were
close behind the winner, the 217 passing
the lightship at 8 :01 and the 351 at
:a4. The so. another of the racers,
arrived soon after 10 o'clock, followed
by the 224 and PIT. and less than an
hour later the rest of the feet with the
EARLY Finish Prevents Welcome.
Naval officers on duty at this port had
planned to welcome the fiotilla from the
destroyer Ellis, which was scheduled TO
leave her berth in the Hudson River at
noon, but the early and unheraided ar
rival of the winners upset these plans
and the ceremonies were changed to
review of the chasers from the decks of
the Ellis by Capt. Charles E. Courtney,
u. S. N, in charge of the navy recruit
ing Office in West Thirty-ninth street.
The 1871 was ordered to proceed down
the rivxer again and 60 through her
PAGES for the benefit of the reviewing
party and the movie men. and Lieut.
Day was highly complimented on his
feat.
According to the commander of the
1s1 the winning craft met good weather
all the way, except that on Monday
night, when nearing the coast, the Isl
ran into an electrical storm Of unusual
severity. A continuous display Of sheet
lightning bothered him considerably
Lieut. Day said. in picking UP NavesinR
Light, the flash of which is visible under
normal conditions fcr more than twenty
miles.
"We all came out of Hamilton harbor
on Saturday afternoon" Lieut. Day said
with the exception OF the tender Han
nibal which left Bermuda twenty-fouI
hours earlier. 1t was rather pleasing to
pass her thirty-six hours after, which
we did. giving the officers and crew fare
well greeting as We went by.
THE racing fleet of six chasers came
outside st. Georges harbor and jockeyed
for position while waiting for the sigma
to start from Vice-Admiral Morgan
Singer of the royal navy. commander o.
the feet in Bermuda and the West IN
dies. The Admiral and his party were
on board the Government tug ST. ADD
and there was fleet of sightseers t.
witness the getaway.
1871 over the Line First.
"At exactly s o'clock the sigma
.wRC futtered from the yardarm o
the tug, meaning Start and of W.
went, with the others of the fleet be
hind us. We were first over the lint
and we took a lead that we never lost.
I'VE ran into what was rough wate
70. us right at the start, which held un
TN we reached the Gulf Stream the mex
day. Going with the current we foun'
practically smooth seas In what we ex
pected would be a nasty spot Monda!
was a beautiful August day and all wen
well until we ran into some fog about
in the evening. From ocioch UNI
about IL we ran through terrific elec
tI:cal storm. which made 1t hard worl
10 pick up the Navesnk Light. but W
dil so finally about IL 80
EVERY one on board is deserving o
credit for having helped to win the race
hut especially the men in the engin
room We left the other racers benin
the second day and never saw ther
again until they anchored alongside o
US at daylight to-day"
Ensign Alfred F. Loomis OF Hunting
ton. l.. l., who is second in command 0
the 1911, said that he was proud OF tn
little boats performance. but that h
believed she was the best OF the nee
even before the race.
The la went into commission at tn
Norfolk Navy Yard in January. 1915
and sailed from New London, Conn.,, 10
Bel muda and the Mediterranean O
AUril %. She saw active duty in I'll
Mediterranean and Adriatic seas and
ufIofficially credited with the destructio
of a submarine.