The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet

The battle at the wharf was of short duration. Completely surrounded and outnumbered ten to one, the party of isolated Germans threw down their arms and surrendered. From his va...

In less time than it takes to tell, Jack was bundled into the long steel case, his arms stretched over his head well forward toward the bowcap. So tightly was he wedged in the a...

As the _Dewey_ settled into the water. Lieutenant McClure and his executive officer peered intently though the periscopes, hoping to catch sight of the unknown craft and specula...

The magic words stood out in bold type from the newspaper that Jack Hammond held spread out over his knees. Underneath the caption ran a detailed statement setting forth the des...

Back in the hold of the sunken submarine whence Jack Hammond had made his miraculous escape, stirring scenes were being enacted. Not a man in the crew but envied Jack in his dar...

Although they had yet to learn officially their destination, the Brighton boys, together with other members of the crew of the _Dewey_, took it for granted they now were on thei...

On a wonderful September evening, with a crisp autumnal air making every fellow feel like a young kitten, the _Dewey_ again glided away from her anchorage in the harbor of Chath...

Trapped in the German wireless station with a burly Prussian at the other end of the business-looking revolver, Jack Hammond was completely at the mercy of his captor. For a mom...

It was a critical moment aboard the American submarine. Out of the darkness the destroyer---speed king of the modern navies---had emerged just at the moment the _Dewey_ was send...

Ted and Jack hastened to follow their comrades down the hatchway. A sea-gull flapping by squawked shrilly at them as the boys waited their turn at the ladder. Instinctively they...

News of the capture of the German U-boat had preceded the returning squadron and a great reception was accorded the American submarine and its gallant crew as it came to anchor...

"If one of them pill boxes bumps us on the water line it's all day with your Uncle Sam's U-boat _Dewey_," vouchsafed Bill Witt as he stood surveying the mine field into which th...

All around them as their train wended its way through the railway yard were evidences of the unusual activities of war times. Long freight trains were puffing and chugging on th...

Without any further ado the _Dewey_ got under way. While the inspection of the hull had been going on the submarine's batteries had been recharged and she was ready again for fu...

Ted ran aft to the engine room to get a fuller report on the new danger that confronted the _Dewey_. There he found that what Bill Witt had said was only too true. Either portio...

"From the way that fellow is hugging the coast I wouldn't be surprised if he is a Hun raider poking along on a little reconnaissance," observed McClure to his executive officer.

Jack's knees sagged for a moment and it seemed his heart stood still. His old Brighton chum and good old Bill Witt still unaccounted for! Out there in the dark and the water som...

He spoke with marked gravity now, and there was no response from the executive officer, nor from Navigating Officer Binns, as they stood quietly and rigidly at attention, awaiti...

Confident of security behind the mass of mines and submarine traps spread ingeniously across the harbor entrance, devoting their attention almost solely to the artillery duel wi...

The appointed time the _Monitor_ arrived with other units of the American submarine fleet at the designated point off the English coast, to which point the undersea flotilla had...

The salt water worked its way into the batteries of the _Monitor_ the deadly acid was generated and the gas permeated the air. Gasping for life, half the engine crew retreated f...

Unmistakably the scraping against the hull of the submarine was that of the cables and chains that composed the net. Furthermore, it was evident from the manner in which the pro...

To Ted it seemed as though he were following the mandate of some madman as he emerged from the conning tower and, grasping the periscope pole, steadied himself a moment before l...

"Little Mack" seized upon the suggestion and acted promptly. In code the mother submarine answered that she was coming to aid. "Let her come; we'll give her a hot reception," sa...

Completely blinded by the fire from the wounded German birdman, the _Dewey_ now had but one alternative. The approach of other air raiders made it necessary for the submarine to...

In stolid silence the German "Herr Kommander" signaled for the conning tower hatch to be thrown open and turned to find that Commander McClure had taken a crouching position dir...