. Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe. OTHER ACTIVITIES 93 twenty-eight miles. The last round was fired on No-vember II, at 10:59 A. M., one minute before thecessation of hostilities. After the Armistice, AdmiralPlunkett, U. S. N., who had commanded the batteries,investigated some of the targets at which the gunshad fired and it was discovered that the accuracy at-tained was equal to any attained during the War. VIII THE SUBMARINES OFF THE AMERICANCOAST ON May 2, 1918, Admiral Sims sent a cable to theNavy Department with the information that theU-151 was en route to America and might
. Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe. OTHER ACTIVITIES 93 twenty-eight miles. The last round was fired on No-vember II, at 10:59 A. M., one minute before thecessation of hostilities. After the Armistice, AdmiralPlunkett, U. S. N., who had commanded the batteries,investigated some of the targets at which the gunshad fired and it was discovered that the accuracy at-tained was equal to any attained during the War. VIII THE SUBMARINES OFF THE AMERICANCOAST ON May 2, 1918, Admiral Sims sent a cable to theNavy Department with the information that theU-151 was en route to America and might be ex-pected to reach the Coast about May 24. It willbe recalled, that in a previous discussion, as tothe advisability of sending the majority of patrolboats on the American Coast to Europe in the Sum-mer of 1917, it was pointed out that there was nolikelihood that submarines would attempt a trip tothe American Coast for some time to come. Thisstatement was based on the argument that it wasmuch more profitable for submarines to operatearound t
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