The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . ctober, igi?, a division of the L-boatsleft to take station at the Azores as an anti-raiderand anti-submarine force. They remained therefor the rest of the war. They had no contacts waters in the fall of 1918, but had only reacheothe Azores when the armistice was declared.—Ibid., p. 366. II. SiBC-ii,*SERS.—Wh
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . ctober, igi?, a division of the L-boatsleft to take station at the Azores as an anti-raiderand anti-submarine force. They remained therefor the rest of the war. They had no contacts waters in the fall of 1918, but had only reacheothe Azores when the armistice was declared.—Ibid., p. 366. II. SiBC-ii,*SERS.—When wc entered the warthe great need was for vessels to undertake anti-submarine operations. Hence the despatch of ourdestroyers to assist in the English Channel. Forsuch work on our own coast other vessels of thespeed and handinese; required were not existent,although large numbers of yachts were armed andflocks of small motor-boats proved for use offour principal ports. Then the no-foot subchaserswere devised and built. They were equipped withgasoline engines, had a speed of about tiftecn knots,and were armed with almost anything that couldbe found in the way of small guns. Later theywere given depth charges. They proved to beexcellent sea-boats apd valuable in the emergency,. DEPTH BOMBS AND Y GUN ON STERN OF A SUBMARINE CHASER The bombs, loaded with 300 pounds of T N T, we re projected from the Y guns and the charge was firedby a hydrostatic device which could be. adj usted for any depth of water. with the enemy, but their mere presence preventedenemy raiders and submarines from operating nearthe .Azores. One division of four K-boats voy-aged from Hawaii through the canal and to KeyWest, Fla., and took up patrol duty in theStraits of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. InDecember, 1917, the fifth submarine division ofseven L-boats proceeded via the Azores to Ire-land. -After a hard, stormy passage they arrivedat Bantry Bay. and began training in Britishmethods of anti-submar
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