Identifier: germansubmarinea00unitrich (find matches)
Title: German submarine activities on the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: United States. Office of Naval Records and Library
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations Submarine World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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commanded by Lieut. Commander H.Nelson, R. N. R., was torpedoed, and subsequently sunk by gunfireabout two hours later in latitude 38° 30 N., longitude 61° 15 W. About two and one-half hours after the Dwinslc had been aband-oned the U. S. S. Von Steuben appeared on the scene and boredown on the lifeboats. She suddenly stopped, however, avoiding atorpedo and opened fire on a periscope, firing 19 shots and droppingdepth charges. On June 19 the American steamship Advance reported the sightingof what appeared to be a submarine at 4.15 p. m. in latitude 38° 32N., longitude 71° 12 W., and on June 20, U. S. S. Prairie reported asubmarine and the sighting of what appeared to be a torpedo passingastern in latitude 33° 56 N., longitude 68° 25 W. It was most probable that the objects sighted by the crew of thesteamship Advance or the U. S. S. Prairie were not enemy submarines, w The crew of the Kringsjaa, was picked up by the U. S. destroyer Patterson, after having been at sea for42 hours.
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