Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-09
-4CRASH STORY i.
TOLD BY BAYL|SS
Skipper of PauIding Says
Submarine Was Not Sight
ed Until Collision.

BY the Associated Press
OSTOE. January a.-Lieut.
COmdr. John 8. Bayliss. who com.
manded the Coast Guard destroyer
Paulding when that vessel rammed
| and sank the submarine 81 of Prov.
| idencetown last month"; continued his
testimony today before the naval court
OF inquiry investigating the 81 dis
| aster. Lieut.. Comdr. Bayliss. who
| appeared az voluntary witness be-
| fore the court on Saturday. was for.
mlliy named as defendant when he
| admitted on the stand that he COM
ma nded one Of the vessels figuring in
| the collision.
! COmdr Leroy Rainburg. head OF
| Coast Guard Destroyer Division ..
who is acting as counsel for Comdr.
! Bayliss. announced that he had con-
| suited Rear Admiral Fred A. Billiard.
head Of the Coast Guard Service, and
/ had been instructed to assist the
| court in every way, irrespective Of
| the changed status of Comdr. bay
! liss. The latter also announced that
| he would continut to testify as a vol
aintary witness, az when he first took
! the stand
| Submarine Sighted.
Taking M his story AT the point
! where the PauldinG rounded the buOys
(! Off Wood End lighthouse In approach
I Ing Provincetown HarbOr on Decem-
her II. Comdr Bayliss said he mad
told the officer Of the deck TO steer
parallel course to the buoys as he in
tended To turn to the westward after
examining two vessels anchored of
! the harbor.
II noted Il bell buoy off Long Point
and spar buoy a little farther in
shore" Comdr. Bayliss said. II stepped
into the chartroom to look at the
chart and see il we had plenty Of sea
| room. 1t was my intention to turn
oT and make for the Plymouth shore.
AS i was coming out of the room
/ heard the officer Of the deck sing out
/ right full. Then I saw coming up
under our port how what appeared
. 10 he something resembling spars. fish
: takes or markers for nets saw
+ we would have TO back at full speed
"a avoid striking il full and possibly
touiiing 10 with our screws.
!; Then the officer of the deck
| shouted, It's submarine emerging :
In a few seconds II was plain thar the
submarine was emerging rapidly
under the port bow. The ship had
, begun to swing slowly TO the right
| and a. the time Of the impact the
! engines were beginning to get a good
grip on the water. But in spite OF
the backing the submarine struck Us
III about this time. As near as I
c2uld tell il was struck forward OF
he coming tower. At the time Of
The collision I could see the periscope
few feet above the coming tower.
Describes Crash.
We hit with a terrible crash. siv-
ing the feeling of running up on the
teach over rocks There Was a ter.
rib.e grinding and ripping of metal
and the destroyer seemed TO come UP
out OF the water.
Il Immediately ordered the engines
stopped The submarine was not
/ visit.e on the starboard side then. As
went over to the port side somebody
told :ce the submarine had just gone
/ down in the wake ~ the port gun
! They had seen /, sliding under the
: Paulding listed a, an angle Of from
~ 20 so degrees" #
! Cou,dr. Rayi.ss ~ i'll that NJ the time
OF the collision the general alarm was
| given and the crew ordered tu the
stations for. abandon ship. a Boat
vas lowered and an anchor buoy
! with n weight attached was thrown
overheard to mark the SPOT as well
as possible An urgent III. G." sig
ma, was hois,ed to can on, a boa,
from. the shore Cuast Guard station.
The Psuldinc remained at the
s'eGe several minutes No survivors
wee sren Oh came 20 the surface
and seemed 20 pas under the de
s.ruyer as the vessel drifted 10 the
eastward The deStroyer's iifehsat
searched In the vicinity for sur
vircrs or marks of the deniity al
the summarize. "a the witness said
he rad not known which vessel he
had struck
| Heads tor Hsrher.
ritaliy the leak in the bow Il the
Paul,iinS torce<i him L. head for the
has her rhe Pauliin. was sinkinc
~ The head an inch at a time aud
there Was danger that a buikhead
might give wav,
Comdr. BayliSs said he had a, once
sent messages 10 Rear Admiral Philip
Andrews. commanding the Is; Naval
= District, and To the Coast Guard au,
thorities. He had learned Of the isen.
tilv Of the - from an officer who
put on from the naval tug Wanda nix
in response 10 signals from the
Pauldins.
We have lust been in collision with
that submarine and sunk it, the wit,
ness said ne had informed the cfsicer.
The witness told ~ the arrival at
the scene OF practically all the Coast
Guard destroyers az division ) aud OF
Navy rescue craft, Because ~ the
incsement weather, he said. h,tle' could
~ attempted. Tie said he had offered
tc so on board the Navy salvage ship
Falcon 10 discuss the collision with
Rear Admiral Frank HI. SrumhS, hus
the latter had not accepted the offer.
The extent es the damage 20 the
raulding was described The keel Vas
torn away AZ the bow and the bottom,
az that point ripped as far hack ss
| frame "a" Three members ~ the
dSsirovcr'S crew were injured. the
most serious casualty being a c>>NS.
who was burned through the bursting
NJ n steam line in the galley
The direct examination % Censttr.
RaNiiss was concluded shortly after
II o'clock and his counsel ss well
as Lieut., Comd~ r, J. royle, repr~.
sentinS the Interests ~ the 81 viz
Tins. waived craSs>eNaminaticn>
1 DIVERS MAKE rROGRESS.
Salvage Workers Hope to Raise So
Soan.