The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-12
YANKEE SINKS:
RAMMED in FOG
U. S. Shipping Board Vessel
Damaged by Italian Boat.
No Lives Lost.
REDONDo HITS TR0OPSHIP
Graf Waldersee, Returning to
France, in Collision.
NAV Go Down.

New York, June ia. Po-The
steamship Yankee, operated by the
United States shipping board, sank
at 3:15 am. today off Fire Island
after having been in collision with
the Italian steamship Argentina late
last night. The crew of the Yankee
was taken aboard the Argentina.
Immediately after being struck by
the Argentina, the Yankee began to
list heavily and all hope of saving
the vessel was abandoned.
The captain and crew were taken
aboard the Argentina, which stood
by for several hours until the Yankee
went down.
The Yankee was built for the ship
ping board at Cleveland in 1918 ana
was engaged in coastwise trade. hav-
ing sailed for this port from New
port News on June 6. She was
2,418-ton vessel.
The Argentina, continuing on her
course across the Atlantic, reported
that she would transfer the yam
KEGS crew to the Cardinal lightship.
Transports Stand BY.
New York, June 12.-SeVeral men,
bers of the crew were injured and
the lives of $50 persons were endan-
gered when the big former Ham,
burg American liner Graf Walder-
see now a troop transport was
rammed by the steamer Redondo In
a dense fog 100 miles off the coast
early today.
The transports Patricia and Levia-
than, bound for New York with
troops, rushed to the side of the sink
ing Waldersee in response to her
wireless message of distress A wire
less dispatch a few hours after the
collision reported that all the passen-
gers and crew of the big transport
were taken off by the Patricia. The
Patricia is towing the Graf Walder-
see to port, but her fire and engine
rooms are so badly flooded it is
doubtful if she will remain afioat,
The Redondo, operated by the United
States shipping board, was not badly
damaged and made this port without
assistance shortly after o'clock. The
collision off Fire Island, the Redon-
dos captain declared, was unavoid-
able.
Crash Unavoidable.
The latter vessel, entering port
this morning, reported all the Graz
Waldersee's company, including ten
officers and 400 men of the crew and
nine army officers passengers, safe
aboard the transport Patricia.
The commander of the Redondo
declared the crash was simply a
case of two ships meeting in the
fog: the collision was unavoidable"
Observers reported a wrecking tug
alongside the Graf Waldersee. The
ship had a slight list to port and
was settled heavily.
Later advices from marine observ-
ers were that the Patricia had
dropped the Graf Waldersee and that
two tugs at 1890 am. were towing
her toward Long Beach, L. l., with
the eviden, intention of running her
aground there.
Officers Returning to France.
The Graf Waldersee left New York
last night for Brest. Among her pas
sengers were nine army officers, re-
turning to France, after lie YES of
absence in the United States. The
Redondo was inbound from Cette,
France. The nine army officers
aboard the Graf Waldersee were:
Col. Frank G. Mauldin, coast artil-
lery; Lieut.. Col. Robert g. Edwards,
coast artillery; Maj. Joseph c. Haw,
SOo0I di NlllClN MdJ' JdlllVo lSOllB
street cavalry; Capt. Guy r. Doane,
quartermaster corps: First Lieut.
Thomas B. Steel, infantry; Second
Lieuts. Charles R. Gildhart, John H.
Lewis and Hugh A. Palmer, all of
the field artillery.
The Graf Waldersee is a 13,O00-to
vessel. She was launched at Ham
burg in 1898. She is sci feet long,
81 feet wide and 81 feet in depth.
Believe Number Injured.
Four tugs put out to meet the sink
ing transport and arrived off Long
Beach, l.. l., with her shortly after
IL o'clock. The skipper of the Re-
dondo said he believed a number Of
those on board the Graf Waldersee
were injured in the chash. The Re-
dondo's bows were stove in and her
forepeak was three fourths full Of
water when she arrived.
Beached on Long Island.
New York, June 12.-(A. P.)-The
transport Graf WaIdersee, formerly
one of the crack passenger liners of
the Hamburg American line, which
was rammed last night by the steam
ship Redondo, was beached shortly
after II o'clock this forenoon on the
sands Of Long Beach, L. |.
Colonists Watch Grounding
The transport touched bottom di-
rectly opposite the fashionable sum-
mer colony at Long Beach, and resi-
dents flocked to the shore to watch
the proceedings. The aPtricia stood
by, evidently with the intention of
taking off the rest of the crew
should it be required. Calm weather
prevailed.
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