. Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe. ts carrying only eight and the larger ones sixteenor twenty. Thus a submarine would stay at seauntil all of its torpedoes had been spent in sinkingor injuring vessels; this would usually take two orthree weeks, and the remaining week or so of theaverage cruise would be consumed in passage to andfrom the various theatres of operations. The cruisesof mine-layer submarines were usually shorter thanthose of the other types, for these boats would pro-ceed to the point where the mines were to be laid, laythem and return to the base Immediately. Sub-ma
. Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe. ts carrying only eight and the larger ones sixteenor twenty. Thus a submarine would stay at seauntil all of its torpedoes had been spent in sinkingor injuring vessels; this would usually take two orthree weeks, and the remaining week or so of theaverage cruise would be consumed in passage to andfrom the various theatres of operations. The cruisesof mine-layer submarines were usually shorter thanthose of the other types, for these boats would pro-ceed to the point where the mines were to be laid, laythem and return to the base Immediately. Sub-marine commanders usually received but few Instruc-tions from their flotilla commander at the base; theIndividual officer aboard the submarine was a betterjudge of his own abilities under various conditionsthan the Admiral at the base. The only ordersusually given dealt with the areas of operations,and the vicinity in which the submarine was to op-erate; and this was only done to the extent of in-suring against the super-concentration in one area.
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