Simsadus- London; The American navy in Europe (1920) (14580064668 - UC 56)

German submarine UC 56 after internment at Santander

Identifier: simsaduslondonam00leig (find matches)

Title: Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe

Year: 1920 (1920s)

Authors: Leighton, John Langdon. (from old catalog)

Subjects: United States. Navy World War, 1914-1918

Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BASES 41 seen when it suddenly came to the surface within200 yards of the Tucker. The Tucker immedi-ately opened fire with her forward gun, and at fullspeed, ran towards it to attack it with depth charges.The submarine immediately submerged. The de-stroyer then passed over to the spot where the sub-marine had submerged, dropped several depth charges,and described a circle in order to pass over thesame spot again. While the Tucker was thusmanoeuvering, the submarine came to the surfaceagain and the Tucker opened fire, one of theshells apparently hitting it. Again, the submarinesubmerged and the Tucker passed over the spotdropping depth charges. A few moments later thebow of the submarine appeared above the waves, at anangle which indicated that all was not well on board,and then slowly sank. The Commanding Officer, inhanding in his report of this encounter, felt convincedthat a submarine had been destroyed. In consultingthe charts of submarine movements, which I sh

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