Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1919 — ALLIED SUBS PERILED [ARTICLE]

ALLIED SUBS PERILED

London.—One of the greatest perils to allied submarines during the war was attack by friendly destroyers. A submarine was assumed to be an enemy when sighted by the ships of any allied nation and It was up to the submarine to show recognition signals if she was not German. But if It was a destroyer that sighted the submarine she was always making for the little craft by the time the recognition signals could be shown. A slight hitch in getting up a flag or firing a rocket would mean the submarine would be forced to seek safety beneath the surface. ’ .. “ZYSrpbaMy“rtie was made by ’American destroyers! on a new British submarine of a large* She was being tested when sighted by\ the destroyers and they made for her full speed. Something happened to-the signal systetn, and the under water vessel submerged as depth charges began to tear up the water. Ond charge shook her until

the crew thought she was doomed. The submarine was constructed to dive 320 feet, but that was forgotten as charge after, charge exploded near by. Finally she struck bottom at 300 feet and it was found she was not badly damaged. She was kept on the bottom until her commander was certain the destroyers had gone.' Then she was cautiously brought to the surface. . , “She don't need any more testing after that experience,” the commander reported to the officer in charge of the submarine base*/