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Domestic News
August 24, 1917
The Hartford Republican
Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
A U.S. Navy gun pointer on an armed merchantman describes sinking a German submarine with a dropped bomb in the war zone mid-July, and a subsequent submarine attack on their escorting cruiser the next day, which repelled the attackers.
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BOMB HITS U-BOAT SUBMARINE SUNK
Fort Smith, Ark., Aug. 18.—A gun pointer in the United States Navy, now on duty on an armed merchantman, writing to his mother here, describes an adventure with German submarines in the war zone on a voyage about the middle of July. On the ninth day out, a submarine suddenly came up beside the merchantman, too close for use of its deck gun or torpedo tubes. The naval gun crew was unable to attack, but a member of the gun crew picked up a bomb and dropped it on the submarine causing an explosion which sank the enemy. The merchant ship was under convoy of a cruiser and on the day following the attack above mentioned the cruiser was attacked from both port and starboard simultaneously by submarines. The torpedoes passed astern of the cruiser and a salvo from both sides of the cruiser at the two submarines caused both to submerge.
Fort Smith, Ark., Aug. 18.—A gun pointer in the United States Navy, now on duty on an armed merchantman, writing to his mother here, describes an adventure with German submarines in the war zone on a voyage about the middle of July. On the ninth day out, a submarine suddenly came up beside the merchantman, too close for use of its deck gun or torpedo tubes. The naval gun crew was unable to attack, but a member of the gun crew picked up a bomb and dropped it on the submarine causing an explosion which sank the enemy. The merchant ship was under convoy of a cruiser and on the day following the attack above mentioned the cruiser was attacked from both port and starboard simultaneously by submarines. The torpedoes passed astern of the cruiser and a salvo from both sides of the cruiser at the two submarines caused both to submerge.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Shipping
What keywords are associated?
U Boat Sunk
Navy Merchantman
Submarine Attack
Cruiser Convoy
Where did it happen?
War Zone
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
War Zone
Event Date
Voyage About The Middle Of July
Outcome
one submarine sunk; two submarines submerged
Event Details
A gun pointer in the United States Navy on an armed merchantman dropped a bomb on a close German submarine, causing an explosion that sank it. The next day, their escorting cruiser was attacked by two submarines from both sides; torpedoes missed astern, and the cruiser's salvo forced both to submerge.