Category: History - American

Our Navy in the War

First Experience of Our Navy with the German U-Boat--Arrival of Captain Hans Rose and the U-53 at Newport--Experiences of the German Sailors in an American Port--Destruction of Merchantman by U-53 off Nantucket--Our Destroyers to the Rescue--Scenes in Newport--German Rejoicing...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

First Experience of Our Navy with the German U-Boat--Arrival of Captain Hans Rose and the U-53 at Newport--Experiences of the German Sailors in an American Port--Destruction of...

2. Chapter 2

Our Navy Arms American Merchant Vessels--Death of our First Bluejacket on Service in the War Zone--Vice-Admiral Sims--We Take Over Patrol of Waters of Western Hemisphere--The Na...

3. Chapter 3

First Hostile Contact Between the Navy and the Germans--Armed Guards on Merchant Vessels--"Campana" First to Sail--Daniels Refuses Offer of Money Awards to Men Who Sink Submarin...

4. Chapter 4

Destroyers on Guard--Preparations of Flotilla to Cross the Ocean--Meeting the "Adriatic"---Flotilla Arrives in Queenstown-- Reception by British Commander and Populace--"We are...

5. Chapter 5

British and American Destroyers Operating Hand in Hand--Arrival of Naval Collier "Jupiter"--Successful Trip of Transports Bearing United States Soldiers Convoyed by Naval Vessel...

6. Chapter 6

On a German Submarine--Fight with a Destroyer--Periscope Hit--Record of the Submarine in this War--Dawning Failure of the Undersea Boat--Figures Issued by the British Admiralty-...

7. Chapter 7

How the Submarine is being Fought--Destroyers the Great Menace--But Nets, Too, Have Played Their Part--Many Other Devices--German Officers Tell of Experience on a Submarine Caug...

8. Chapter 8

Perils and Triumphs of Submarine-Hunting--The Loss of our First War-Ship, The Converted Gunboat "Alcedo"--Bravery of Crew--"Cassin" Struck by Torpedo, But Remains in the Fight--...

9. Chapter 9

Our Battleship Fleet--Great Workshop of War--Preparations for Foreign Service--On a Battleship During a Submarine Attack--The Wireless That Went Wrong--The Torpedo That Missed--...

10. Chapter 10

Great Atlantic Ferry Company, Incorporated, But Unlimited--Feat of the Navy in Repairing the Steamships Belonging to German Lines Which Were Interned at Beginning of War in 1914...

11. Chapter 11

Camouflage--American System of Low Visibility and the British Dazzle System--Americans Worked Out Principles of Color in Light and Color in Pigment--British Sought Merely to Con...

12. Chapter 12

The Naval Flying Corps--What The Navy Department Has Accomplished And Is Accomplishing in the Way of Air-Fighting--Experience of a Naval Ensign Adrift in the English Channel--Se...

13. Chapter 13

14. Chapter 14

The United States Marine Corps--First Military Branch Of The National Service To Be Sanctioned By Congress--Leaving For The War--Service Of The Marines in Various Parts of the G...

15. Chapter 15

16. Chapter 16

The beginning of the end--Reports in London that submarines were withdrawing to their bases to head a battle movement on the part of the German Fleet--How the plan was foiled--T...

17. Chapter 17

Lessons of the War--The Submarine Not Really a Submarine--French Term for Undersea Fighter--The Success of the Convoy Against Submersibles--U-Boats Not Successful Against Surfac...

18. Chapter 18

First Experience of Our Navy with the German U-Boat--Arrival of Captain Hans Rose and the U-53 at Newport--Experiences of the German Sailors in an American Port--Destruction of...

19. Chapter 19

Our Navy Arms American Merchant Vessels--Death of our First Bluejacket on Service in the War Zone--Vice-Admiral Sims--We Take Over Patrol of Waters of Western Hemisphere--The Na...

20. Chapter 20

First Hostile Contact Between the Navy and the Germans--Armed Guards on Merchant Vessels--"Campana" First to Sail--Daniels Refuses Offer of Money Awards to Men Who Sink Submarin...

21. Chapter 21

Destroyers on Guard--Preparations of Flotilla to Cross the Ocean--Meeting the "Adriatic"---Flotilla Arrives in Queenstown-- Reception by British Commander and Populace--"We are...

22. Chapter 22

British and American Destroyers Operating Hand in Hand--Arrival of Naval Collier "Jupiter"--Successful Trip of Transports Bearing United States Soldiers Convoyed by Naval Vessel...

23. Chapter 23

On a German Submarine--Fight with a Destroyer--Periscope Hit--Record of the Submarine in this War--Dawning Failure of the Undersea Boat--Figures Issued by the British Admiralty-...

24. Chapter 24

How the Submarine is being Fought--Destroyers the Great Menace--But Nets, Too, Have Played Their Part--Many Other Devices--German Officers Tell of Experience on a Submarine Caug...

25. Chapter 25

Perils and Triumphs of Submarine-Hunting--The Loss of our First War-Ship, The Converted Gunboat "Alcedo"--Bravery of Crew--"Cassin" Struck by Torpedo, But Remains in the Fight--...

26. Chapter 26

Our Battleship Fleet--Great Workshop of War--Preparations for Foreign Service--On a Battleship During a Submarine Attack--The Wireless That Went Wrong--The Torpedo That Missed--...

27. Chapter 27

Great Atlantic Ferry Company, Incorporated, But Unlimited--Feat of the Navy in Repairing the Steamships Belonging to German Lines Which Were Interned at Beginning of War in 1914...

28. Chapter 28

Camouflage--American System of Low Visibility and the British Dazzle System--Americans Worked Out Principles of Color in Light and Color in Pigment--British Sought Merely to Con...

29. Chapter 29

The Naval Flying Corps--What The Navy Department Has Accomplished And Is Accomplishing in the Way of Air-Fighting--Experience of a Naval Ensign Adrift in the English Channel--Se...

30. Chapter 30

In expanding the navy to meet war conditions, the regular personnel was increased, naval militia units of various States were taken into the service under the classification Nat...

31. Chapter 31

The United States Marine Corps--First Military Branch Of The National Service To Be Sanctioned By Congress--Leaving For The War--Service Of The Marines in Various Parts of the G...

32. Chapter 32

In the way of progress in naval construction or appliance, it is not the opinion of our naval technicians that the war from its inception to the present time has developed any h...

33. Chapter 33

The beginning of the end--Reports in London that submarines were withdrawing to their bases to head a battle movement on the part of the German Fleet--How the plan was foiled--T...

34. Chapter 34

Lessons Of The War--The Submarine Not Really a Submarine--French Term For Undersea Fighter--The Success of the Convoy Against Submersibles--U-Boats Not Successful Against Surfac...