New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-14
Bonnhers'
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fourteen Dc Havilands, carrying 100
pound bombs.
After considerable pause, following
the small bomb practice, the Martins
started to work. Just at 1920 one of
the big 30o-pound bombs dropped just
aft of the destroyer's bridge. The for
ward funnel went over her side as the
bridge crumpled over backward, as
though to cover the gaping hole torn
in her deck round where the smoke
stack had been.
43 Big Bombs Dropped
A total of forty-three large bombs
were dropped, and there were at least
three actual hits besides the first, of
which some may have been hits by
two bombs instead Of one, as in each
instance two bombs were dropped at
the same time, and it could not always
be clearly seen whether both or only
one bomb made hits.
But that first bomb, which hit just
behind the bridge at 1920, would have
sunk the destroyer without the aid of
any additional damage. All of the OBJ
servers agreed as to this The destroyer
from that moment began slow but
steady settling in the water, the bow
going down gradually, inch by inch, as
it seemed from the Henderson, Just
about mile away.
The actual sinking might have been
delayed for half an hour had it not
been for another bomb, also hitting
well forward, which struck about 1888.
Within minute the water. taken
aboard forward proved too much for
the buoyancy Of the stern watertight
compartments and the German, stick
ing her rudder and propeller high
above the water as she dived, went 10
Davy Jones's locker.
Shortly after the arrival of the Mar
tins and the De Havilands three army
blimps, the D-3, D-4 and CO, appeared
bearing army observers and moving
picture operators. Last week at the
where the element of search was part
OF the game, the army blmps ap-
peared first of all the aircraft. To-
day, with the location of the destroyer
signaled ashore and no question as to
where she was, the superior speed OF
the airplanes left the blimps fa1
behind
Big Bomber's Record Excellent
Leaving out the very high score of
hits run up by the pursuit planes, on
down for safety, which might or might
not be regarded in war time, the hit
ting of the Martin bombers from g
height of about 5000 feet was regarded
as excellent. There was no salvo fir
ing. Last week it was the Martin
bombers which planted patterned
salvo round the Iowa with two direct
hits. Last week none of the single
shooting was effective. To-day there
was only single shooting, and the
height, 5000 feet for the big planes,
was three-fourths that required at last
weeks test. There were no height re-
come down as close to the destroyer's
decks as they pleased.
Though the German destroyer looked
like small target, dwarfed by the
larger ships in the wide circl- round
her, she was actually 1927 feet long
and 3O.2 feet wide, almost as long
though nothing like SO wide as the
Iowa.
The shooting however, as the avia-
tors call the bomb dropping, was re-
garded as remarkably good, and naval
experts admitted that she was sent %
the bottom in much shorter time
after the big bombers got after her
than they had expected.
Air Attacks Held Proved
Gwen the most reactionary naval
mind" said the air attache of one i'm
portant power, who had watched the
bombing with intense interest from
the Henderson, "must admit that this
proves the effectiveness of air attack
it shows that if enough planes unite in
an attack on ship they will get her
very quickly"
The G-102 was built by the Krupps
Just prior to the outbreak of the World
War for the Argentine government
Germany Communicated her, and she
was turned over to the Allies with the
rest Of the fleet. The two other Ger
man destroyers allotted to the United
States, all of which must be destroyed
prior to August /, will be sunk by gun
fire Friday. The German cruiser
Frankfort and the battleship Ostfries-
land will be bombed Monday and
Wednesday of next week and sunk by
gunfre if the bombs fail to sink them
Runaway Horse Smashes