THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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AMERICAN MINES 



BRITISH MINES 



Number of 



Date 



Number of 



Number of 



Date 





Excursion 



1918 



mines laid 



Excursion 



1918 



mines laid 



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June 8 



3385 



14 



June 8 



1294 



2 



■• 30 



2220 



15 



" 18 



1294 



3 



July is 



5395 



16 



" 30 



1294 



4 



■■ 29 



5393 



17 



July 12 



1294 



5 



Aug 9 



1596 



18 



"21 



1294 



5a 



" 12 



166 



19 



" 29 



1294 



6 



" 19 



3200 



20 



Aug. 9 



1294 



7 



„ 27 



4820 



21 



19 



1294 



7 a 



" 30 



580 



22 



Sept 7 



1294 



8 



Sep i 



4880 



23 



" 20 



1300 



9 



" 20 



5520 



24 



Oct ii 



600 



10 



» 27 



5450 



British total 13546 





Oct 4 



5450 



Grand total of mines laid 70U7 



12 



« 13 



4750 



Solid lines represent American mines 



13 



" 26 



3760 



Hatched lines represent British mines 



American tota 



5657 1 





DIAGRAM SHOWING THE OVERLAPPING LINES OE MINES LAID IN THE NORTH SEA 



Only by a miracle could a submarine have made its meandering way through such a mine field 

 without encountering disaster (also see map on page 86). 



wound in among the heavy British battle- 

 ships and battle cruisers, their crews 

 were massed on deck, cheering each 

 mine-layer as she passed, our crews run- 

 ning from side to side to make response. 



.Admiral Madden, of the first battle 

 squadron, signaled his wishes for a 

 speedy return home and his "regret in 

 parting with such a splendid force, such 

 a brave bunch." 



Upon nearing the Germans' anchorage 

 our ships kept silent while we steamed 

 by. On some of the German ships 

 scarcely a man was on deck; on others 

 the rails were filled, officers and men 

 mingling together, to gaze on us, who had 

 been their bait. In this way we had al- 

 most passed them, without a sound or a 

 sign, when the British trawlers that were 

 holding the nets on the opposite side — 

 had been holding those nets, in fair 

 weather and foul, for four long years — 

 seeing our flag and knowing our work, 



broke out into loud and long blasts and 

 toots of their steam whistles. 



The San Francisco answered gravely 

 by the customary three blasts of the 

 whistle, and in succession the following 

 ships did the same ; but one of them blew 

 her siren instead of her whistle, and that 

 started them all off again. 



Going on further, making toward the 

 entrance, we passed the battle cruiser 

 Lion, speeding back and forth like a sen- 

 try on post — a ready check on any Ger- 

 man ship that might attempt a dash for 

 liberty. 



THE END OE THE SUBMARINE THE END 



OE THE WAR 



A parting message was flashed to us 

 by the Lion from Vice-Admiral Paken- 

 ham, "You take with you not only my 

 personal regards, but the gratitude and 

 admiration of the battle-cruiser force." 



Quite early in the summer, after only 



