The Corsair in the war zone

The task of the American Navy in the great conflict was performed exceedingly well, but so very quietly that even now the merits of the achievement are realized only by those wh...

The _Corsair_ stood out to sea with the transports and the escort in the morning of June 14th after a thick fog had delayed the departure for several hours. As finally selected,...

When the _Corsair_ arrived on the French coast there was nothing to indicate the vast American organization, military and naval, which was soon to be created with a speed and ef...

During the first three months of war duty, June, July, and August, the _Corsair_ steamed 11,738 miles, which was the greatest distance logged by any of the yachts during the sam...

For more than three months the _Corsair_ had been escorting transports and supply steamers to and fro, in an area of ocean where the hostile submarines cruised incessantly. Not...

During all this time the fleet of yachts had gone clear of misfortune. In fog and mist and blackness they were banging up and down the rock-bound Breton coast amid ragged reefs...

On the last day of November the _Corsair_ got under way from Brest to find and escort seven American store-ships which were bringing cargoes to France. A division of Queenstown...

I like the look of khaki and the cut of army wear, And the men of mettle sporting it, at home and over there; But there’s something at the heart-strings that tautens when meet A...

of the political rough-house the city is really wonderful and we are very lucky to be laid up here, even if we do miss out on a few weeks of the war. The only thing that gets me...

When the _Corsair_ again meets a blow, The crew they will surely all know, Tho’ the distance be great, They’ll work early and late To make the good port of Lisboa.

This business gets more interesting every day and is by far the most fascinating industry I have ever undertaken [declared Lieutenant Schanze, in letters written during the autu...

In this strange warfare against an enemy who fought, for the most part, under the sea, there was no more effective agency than the wireless telegraph or radio. It enabled the co...

Although foreshadowed by rumor and report, the news of the armistice which meant the end of the war came as a certain shock to the ships and sailors on the French coast. It was...

Of the old crew, the crew which had sailed with Pershing’s First Expeditionary Force, only two officers and eighteen men watched the frowning headlands of Brittany sink into the...

In order to make the record complete, the following is a list of the enlisted personnel of the _Corsair_ during her enrollment in the United States Navy. So many changes occurre...