The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-17
SURVEYOR" HAS MOST INTERESTING HISTORY;
 FOR ALASKA SERVICE
She Succeeded in Disabling the U' Boat Which Sunk the Lusi- tania-About Her
 Officers

ried items about the Surveyor com. ing to Alaska, and the following from the Seattle Times gives some addi- tional interesting details:
 With gold star and a gold chevron on her stack to indicate service in the European war zone, the steamship Surveyor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, the vessel which all but avenged the sinking of the Lusitania, arrived in Seattle yesterday afternoon, forty seven days from Norfolk, Va
 The Surveyor was built on the Great Lakes at Monitowoc, Wis. She and sent to the Atlantic Coast via the St. Lawrence River Upon her arrival in New York, the vessel was turned over to the Navy Department, equipped with guns and depth charges and assigned to service as a naval auxiliary cruiser. From February, 1918, until the termination of hostilities, the Surveyor did con voy duty to and from Mediterranean ports. tat s#oe
 While on one of these voyages, the convoy of which the Surveyor was a part was attacked by two Ger man submarines, one of which was the infamous U-39 which sank the Lusitania. The U-39 fired torpedo at the fleet which grazed the bow of the Surveyor and was visible from the deck of the vessel. The wake of the submarine was picked up by the Surveyor and she was able to get into position for favorable dis charge of a depth bomb. As the Sur yeyor could not leave the convoy, she was unable to finish the sub marine, but succeeded in disabling her to such an extent that the U-39 was compelled to enter Cartagena, Spain, and intern in that port
 Took Deep Sea Soundings.
 The Surveyor sailed from Norfolk April 21 and called in Kingston, Ja mafca, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, on her way to Seat tie.
 Along the route from Norfolk to Seattle, the Surveyor took deep sea soundings some of which were made at depths ranging from 1000 to 5000 fathoms. The soundings were made with piano wire, on the end of which was a sinker and a specimen of the ocean floor and the water at that depth is brought to the sufface and kept for chemical analysis. Tenn peratures at excessive depths are also taken by the sounding apparatus
 The Surveyor is commanded by Capt. F. H. Hardy, a Seattle resident who for two years was master of the steamship Explorer and for like period master of the steamship Ged rey, both vessels of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and op' erated in Alaskan waters. He spent two months in the shipbuilding yards in Manitowoc, Wis, where the Sur veyor was built, performing the du- ties of an inspector.
 He said yesterday afternoon that she is the most complete survey yes sei in the service of the government and the largest operated on this Coast. The Surveyor will leave in few days for the northern shore of Kodiak Island where she will do her first survey work. The vessel will also do some charting of the waters of Shelikof Strait.
 During the war Captain Hardy was executive officer of the United States Army transport Martha Washington. which carried many thousands of troops across the Atlantic. His staff aboard the Explorer consists of Ar thur J. Ella, executive officer; James I. Sullivan. chief engineer; I. M. Daily. J. A. Bond, R. R. Moore, R. G Overton, E. F. Lewis and Dr. T. B. Hunt, ships surgeon. Executive Of Aver Fla was five years in the United States lighthouse service. two years