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THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE THE CORSAIR RESCUES THE CREW OF THE SINKING CALIFORNIAN ( page 234 ) THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE BY RALPH D . PAINE AUTHOR OF " THE FIGHTING FLEETS " With Illustrations TA BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1920 ' TITI PUBLIC LIBRARY 89712 AS , , F . د . ردیاه دیالسا 1 COPYRIGHT , 1920 , BY JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED “ North , East , South , and West , The Corsair sails and knows no rest . " CONTENTS I . THE CALL OF DUTY OVERSEAS II . “ LAFAYETTE , WE ARE HERE ! ” III . AT SEA WITH THE BRETON PATROL IV . TRAGEDIES AND RESCUES V . WHEN THE ANTILLES WENT DOWN IOI VI . ADMIRAL WILSON COMES TO BREST 122 VII . SMASHED BY A HURRICANE 146 VIII . THE PLEASANT INTERLUDE AT LISBON 174 IX . UNCLE SAM ' s BRIDGE OF SHIPS 198 X . THE CORSAIR STANDS BY 225 XI . IN THE RADIO - ROOM 251 XII . THE LONG ROAD HOME 266 XIII . HONORABLY DISCHARGED 289 XIV . THE Ship ’ s COMPANY 296 ILLUSTRATIONS THE CORSAIR RESCUES THE CREW OF THE SINKING CALIFORNIAN Frontispiece ADMIRAL H . B . WILSON , COMMANDING THE U . S . NAVAL FORCES IN FRANCE 4 . COMMANDER THEODORE A . KITTINGER , U . S . N . , COM MANDING U . S . S . CORSAIR LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM B . PORTER , LATER COMMANDING U . S . S . CORSAIR , AND LIEUTENANT ROBERT E . TOD , NAVIGATOR FITTING THE CORSAIR FOR THE WAR ZONE NUMBER Two GUN CREW ON WATCH THEY ARE ALL SEA DOGS TOGETHER SOME OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW , BEFORE LEAVING NEW YORK 32 With AMERICA ' S FIRST Convoy : TROOP - SHIPS HEN DERSON , ANTILLES , MOMUS , AND LENAPE THE MINE FUNCTIONS AND A LURKING U - BOAT WOULD FIND IT EXCESSIVELY UNHEALTHY THE KIND OF " GOBS " THE COUNTRY WAS PROUD OF THE GERMAN SUBMARINE WAS A TINY TARGET EVEN WHEN ON THE SURFACE BOATSWAIN ' S MATE SEGER , FROM PASSAIC PHARMACIST ' S MATE FEELEY AND MESS ATTENDANT MARTINEZ WINNING BOAT CREW IN FOURTH OF JULY RACE WITH APHRODITE " THE BRIDGE GANG " ILLUSTRATIONS STARTING THE SWIMMING RACE FROM A MOORING BUOY WATER SPORTS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY : THE RACE BETWEEN LIFE - RAFTS WITH COAL SHOVELS FOR PADDLES A Wet DAY FOR THE DECK WATCH FRENCH AND UNDERHILL ARE DOLLED UP FOR THE CAMERA THE BURNING AMERICAN SCHOONER AUGUSTUS WELD FROM THE CORSAIR ' S MAIN - TOP : THE CONVOY STEAMS OUT “ COAL ON THE CORSAIR , FILL EVERY BIN . WE WORK LIKE HELL , BOYS , TILL IT ' S ALL IN " A FRENCH FISHING - SMACK WHICH DARED THE RUTHLESS WARFARE THE S . S . MANTO , WHICH SPED THROUGH THE WAR ZONE AT FIVE KNOTS A GROUP OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS A LIBERTY PARTY AT BREST THE GUNNER ' S MATES AND THE LONG ROW OF DEPTH CHARGES READY TO PLOP OVER THE STERN ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MINE TRACK , SHOWING THE Y GUN OR DOUBLE MORTAR FRENCH FISHERMEN WHO WERE SET ADRIFT THE CASTAWAYS FIND A HEARTY WELCOME ON THE CORSAIR GUNNER ' S MATES BARKO AND MOORE , AND A DEPTH CHARGE WATCHING THE APHRODITE GO OUT ON PATROL ENGINEERING FORCE OF THE CORSAIR LIEUTENANT J . J . PATTERSON , ENGINEER OFFICER , AND HIS HUSKY “ BLACK GANG " ILLUSTRATIONS A BOAT - LOAD OF SURVIVORS FROM THE ANTILLES COM ING ALONGSIDE 106 NAVAL OFFICERS RESCUED FROM THE ANTILLES , WITH GENERAL MCNAIR , U . S . A . 106 THE ANTILLES CROWDED WITH TROOPS ON HER LAST VOYAGE TO FRANCE 110 THE ALCEDO PICKS UP THE ANTILLES SURVIVORS 110 THE CORSAIR DROPS A MINE AND SHAKES UP FRITZ 114 THE FINLAND , JUST AFTER SHE WAS TORPEDOED 118 DESTROYER PRESTON , WHICH WAS CAUGHT IN THE HUR RICANE AND ALSO FOUND REFUGE AT LISBON 118 CHIEF YEOMAN PAULSON 122 GUNNER ' S MATE WILEY 122 BUCKING INTO THE WINTER SEAS 128 SHE TAKES ' EM ABOARD GREEN 128 THE Ship ' s COOKS AND THE WARDROOM STEWARD 134 THE NOBLE JOB OF PEELING “ SPUDS " 134 BOATSWAIN ' S MATE HOUTZ IN THE NAVY ' s STORM CLOTHES 140 SWOLLEN SEA , FROM THE FORWARD CROW ' s - Nest 140 A LETTER FROM HOME : COALING SHIP MUST WAIT 144 CARROLL BAYNE GETS HIS ENSIGN ' S COMMISSION 144 How THE HURRICANE SEAS POUNDED THE YACHT : “ THE POOR OLD SHIP WAS A MESS " . 150 WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE EMERGENCY WHEEL 156 WHEN THE HURRICANE SLAPPED THE WINDOWS 156 ASSISTANT ENGINEER HAWTHORN AND HIS WATCH 160 THE CREW OF NUMBER THREE GUN 160 TEMPORARY REPAIRS , AFTER THE HURRICANE 164 WHAT THE FORWARD DECK - HOUSE LOOKED LIKE WHILE RUNNING FOR LISBON 164 ILLUSTRATIONS CLEANING UP AT LISBON , AFTER THE HURRICANE 172 LISBON HARBOR AND THE TUG THAT TOWED THE COR SAIR TO THE DOCKYARD 176 THE AMERICAN LEGATION AT LISBON WHERE THE COR SAIR ' S CREW FOUND A HOME 176 THE CORSAIR IN DRYDOCK AT LISBON 182 AT HER MOORING Buov , BREST 182 " Doc " LAUB AGREES THAT " THIS IS THE LIFE IF YOU DON ' T WEAKEN " 188 Coxswain DAVE TIBBOTT WAITS WITH THE LAUNCH 188 THE CHEERY FRENCH Pilot , LIEUTENANT MEJECK 194 CHIEF QUARTERMASTER BENTON 194 THE HOME OF THE AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICERS ' CLUB IN BREST 200 AMERICAN YACHTS CLUSTERED INSIDE THE BREAK WATER , BREST 206 THE FAITHFUL WAKIVA , WHICH WAS SUNK IN COLLI SION 212 BIG TRANSPORTS IN BREST HARBOR 212 CHIEF QUARTERMASTER FARR STANDS WITH FOLDED ARMS AND INDICATES THAT HE HAS HIS SEA - LEGS WITH HIM 216 COMMANDER KITTINGER SAYS GOOD - BYE TO LIEUTEN ANT COMMANDER PORTER AS THE LATTER TAKES OVER THE COMMAND 216 LIEUTENANT SCHANZE , ENSIGN GRAY , LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PORTER , CHIEF ENGINEER HUTCHISON , COMMANDER KITTINGER , AND LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE 220 Ar Rosyth : LIEUTENANT NOLAN , DR . AGNEW , Com MANDER PORTER , LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE , ENSIGN ACORN , LIEUTENANT PATTERSON , ENSIGN WANGERIN , AND PAYMASTER ERICKSON 220 xii ILLUSTRATIONS ROLLING OUT TO FIND A CONVOY 226 A LITTLE WATER ON DECK 226 THE SINKING CALIFORNIAN : GOING , GOING , ALMOST GONE ! 232 CALIFORNIAN SURVIVORS ABOARD THE CORSAIR 232 A MASCOT FROM THE CALIFORNIAN , KNOWN AS “ THE MUTT " 238 THE NEWFOUNDLAND PUP SAVED FROM THE FRENCH FISHING BARK 238 THE DAGFIN , BROKEN DOWN AND HELPLESS . THE COR SAIR STANDS BY 244 ADMIRAL HENRY T . MAYO , COMMANDER - IN - CHIEF OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET 248 H . A . BRECKEL , CHIEF RADIO OPERATOR 256 ELECTRICIANS SWAN AND PLUMMER , OF THE HIGHLY EFFICIENT RADIO GANG 256 AT THE EMERGENCY WHEEL : HEAVY WEATHER OFF SHORE 262 THE TRIM , IMMACULATE NAVY MAN : AFTER COALING SHIP 262 BOATSWAIN ' S MATE FRENCH BOUGHT A PET PARROT IN LISBON 268 “ TOMMY , " THE SHIP ' s CAT , WHO FINISHED STRONG IN THE HURRICANE 268 “ TEDDY , " WHO WAS GIVEN A MILITARY FUNERAL WHEN HE SWALLOWED A NAIL 268 WITH THE GRAND FLEET AT ROSYTH 274 SURRENDERED GERMAN SUBMARINES TIED UP AT PORT LAND 274 THE CORSAIR AT QUEENSTOWN AS FLAGSHIP OF AD MIRAL SIMS 278 xiii ILLUSTRATIONS SEAMAN HENRY BARRY , BEFORE THEY WISHED AN OTHER JOB ON HIM 282 GUNNER ' S MATE SIMPSON HOPES TO SPOT THAT SUB 282 THE HOMEWARD - BOUND PENNANT : “ WE ' RE OFF FOR LITTLE OLD NEW YORK , THANK GOD " 286 THE CORSAIR WHEN IN COMMISSION AS A YACHT BEFORE THE WAR 290 : ADMIRAL WILLIAM S . Sims , COMMANDING THE U . S . NAVAL FORCES IN EUROPEAN WATERS MAP SHOWING THE CORSAIR ' S WANDERINGS IN THE WAR ZONE THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE CHAPTER I THE CALL OF DUTY OVERSEAS THE task of the American Navy in the great I conflict was performed exceedingly well , but so very quietly that even now the merits of the achievement are realized only by those who knew how near the German submarine campaign came to winning the war . There was no blacker period than the spring of 1917 when the losses of Allied merchant shipping were mounting toward a million tons a month , and the Admiralty was well aware that England stood face to face with starvation and defeat unless this piracy could soon be checked . It was when Admiral Sims cabled to his own Gov ernment , from London , “ Briefly stated , I consider that at the present moment we are losing the war " ; when Admiral Jellicoe privately admitted , “ It is impossible for us to go on if losses like this continue " ; and when Lord Balfour could see no escape from the same tragic conclusion . The facts were purposely concealed from the people of both countries , and even after the decla ration of war the attitude of the American mind THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE was all too leisurely , while the British grimly hung on and tightened their belts with the tenacity of the breed . The battleship squadrons of the Grand Fleet still dominated the surface of the Seven Seas , but they were helpless to aid in this vital problem . It was perceived that the chief hope of salvation was in massing destroyers to protect the converging trade routes of the Irish Sea and the English Chan nel and thereby increasing the supply of food and material . For this service the British Navy was able to spare a flotilla of less than a score of these craft , a patrol force obviously inadequate . These were the reasons why the fleet of thirty - five fast and powerful American destroyers was sent across the Atlantic , and why Queenstown was chosen as the strategic base port . As soon as the troop - ships began to move over seas , these destroyers were able to extend their op erations and to help guard and escort the convoys through the Bay of Biscay to the coast of France . Meanwhile another urgent situation had developed and an appeal no less insistent had been conveyed to Washington . The navy of France was mostly in the Mediterranean where it properly belonged , and the small patrol force off the stormy shores of Brittany was racked , weary , almost discouraged . Thousands of French sailors had been sent from the ships and bases to fight in the trenches .

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