Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-13
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TROOP CARRIER
White Star Liner Survives
Many Adventures During the
War-Vessel Once Ram
med Submarine.

London, correspondence of the As
Sociated Press)-Dodging German SUBJ
marines in the Mediterranean ,,ving
W save SINKING w%arships in the North
Atlantic, and fighting off vicious
u-boat attacks while carrying Ameri-
can troops, are some of the achieve
ments credited to the White Star liner
Olympic during her adventurous career
OF the wartime. These We're only Incl
dents OF her experience, because. on
account OF her great passenger capac-
lty, she was steadily and faithfully
Keeping to the task of transportating
men and material for the armies in
Europe. First it was Chinese coolies
for road building, then farmer bows
from Canada to replace the losses Of
Why Ridge, and finally, many thou
sands of Americans to face the German
on the western battlefront.
Her work during the Gallipoli cam
paign,' writes a member Of the crew
to the Daily News, when she carried
about 5000 troops at a time, the great
est number eve carried by any ship
following upon her gallant attempt off
the north of Ireland to tow the water
logged dreadnaught. Audacious, was
sufficient to put her in the first rank
of transports, but her subsequent work
in bringing Canadian troops n Chi
nese labor battalions, and then her
wonderful career since Christmas
1917. when she arrived in New York
for her first load OF American troops.
must put her in a class by herself as
trooper"
She has carried more than 300. 900
persons while on war service.
ut would not be correct to say that
Captain Hays has brought her through
without q scratch. but her scars are
marks of honor. She bent and fractured
some of her plates when. in the dark
ness early one morning she 'strafed'
one of Gernlany's finest U-boats.
THE Olympic had most of her adj
ventures while she was carrying Amer
lean troops. During March, April and
May, 1918, the German submarine COM
manders made at least seven attacks On
her. Not once did the enemy lave
time to launch a torpedo, for in every
case he was greeted by a 6-inch she'll
OF one Of the d%estroyers was on his
track with her depth charges. Perhaps
some of Germany's missing submarines
are now lying below the track of the
Olympic.
1.-THE most thrilling experience which
the Olympic had took place in the dark
ness of early morning of May. 1918.
near the entrance to the English chan
mel. 1t was about a o'clock when the
lookout man picked out of the almost
total darkness the outline Of a lurking
submarine which was lying on the sur
face. Immediately after his warning
shout one of our forward guns blazed
out. and the ship. with her helm hard
over. spun around like a great racing
yacht and crashed into the enemy.
The blow was, Of course. not a
clean one, or there would have been
few survivors ron the submarine.
Judging from the damage on the bows
of the ship when dry locked a few
days later, the blow cut off n end
OF the submarine. The rest drifted
past the stern of the Olympic, and n
Of the gun crews on the poop planted
u 6-inch shell squarely into it. One
IF the destroyers in the escort dropped
behind. and by the light of star shells
picked up 81 survivors. three Of whom
:sied on the way to port. The total of
the crew of the submarine vas over 60"
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