Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-10
FORMER GERMAN SHIPS
DROP ANCHOR IN HUDSON
Five Vessels of Jutlnnd Fame Rcacl,
New York After Delayed
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Thy Associated Press.l

NEW YORK. August 9-rhe form
err German warships,. recently turned
lied powers. reached Quarantine at
4;l5 today. The vessels proceeded IN
the harbor to their anchorage in tho
Hudson river.
The public will be allowed to In
speet them for two weeks. Tho craft
VIII be sent To other cities along tho
Atlantic seahoard within the next few
weeks and then destroyed.
The vesscls are tho batticsh!p Ost-
Iriesland. cruiser frankfurt and three
dcstroyers. the V-43. G-lO2 and s.
I32. with exception of the Ostfries-
land. they arc part Of the great fleet
that steamed out Of It's home port and
surrendered to the allied nations at
Scapa Flow ana afterwards were sunk
ny their German crews, The Ost-
"l over by Germany To replace ono
% those that was sent TO tho cotton.
They were aliocatod TO tho United
states in the division OF captured
vessels.
.nd by drendunught tho only ono
that could move under her own pow
"r. they came .up the hudson jus, as
Jersey NILS. Ut was not an insplr-
ing sight Passing tug boats and
river craft Ravc them but little heed.
ANA the i"w whistles that wero
fnundrd In greeting were more for
the glca'uing stars ana Strloes that
Heated above the captiyes than for
Due TO the fact that IL was ncCes-
sary To tow the Frankfurt and tho
destroy"rs, tn" voyage Of $500 miles,
from British ports. occupied more
Repaired Mysterious Leak,
a stop OF a week was made at tho
Azores, where a mysterious leak In
The Ostfrieslunh WAS repaired. For
the remainder of the trip. with wealth
"r favoring them. they averaged n
SfcEt OF ten mtirg hour
In command Of tho Ostfricslaud,
when ne;ed az flagship. was Captain
had Grey Of 800 mon. from ATTY
10 one hundred being ass!gncd to each
OF the other craft,
For moro than three months. Cap
tain Hcliwcg and hs crew worked
70 maze the hir wlrshIp nnrlgablc
~" Germans had stripped her OF ali
Temporary furniture Tor the onieers
was made by tho ships carpenters.
Of hcS"s ana packing casrs Her
eng mGsii hDwGyer. M@r" found 70 be
nave been turned over for Eighteen
To tw'ntr knots an hour.
Due - their submcrsion ~ Scapa
Flow; the Frankfurt ana dcstroycrs
arc litti" hotter thnn rusted huIks.
III" bnitlcship. however. sim IL n
powerful aghtIng unit. according 10
"whnir" az n Fighter.
As n fighter tho American tackles
Inserted she sNpuli bn a whale"
Sic has six heavily armorcd turrct.
VIII guns ranging from twely. 20
tnnrt"cn inch"s She carries ,wen-
ty-thrrc nvc-inCh rincs ana n swarm
or three Inch rapid Hrc pieces For
ward ana afarr, single torpedo tubes,
Win twin tub"s on all four uunrtcrg
li"r nor ~ cNcertionnliy heavy, In
Slnut a'morcl deck protection
the psifrlesltnd was in the hn,,is
or .iu!lauu, ana ghc yet shows two
scars. Oh" forward ana ono ait. where
liritisl rroJoctiles found marks Sho
was seriously damaged However by
a mine placed before hnr as she with
drew from tho battle All damage
Was repaired by the Germans before
tho war or. y
The shiit u h" kept In Ncw YorIc
Tor n week or ten days and 30 open
Tor inspection. From here theY viii
20 20 other porte. Preceding their
destruction. they will H.. taken to
navy yards and there carefully studied
by United states naval experts.