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Naval history: first U.S. destroyer sunk by enemy action...
Naval history: first U.S. destroyer sunk by enemy action...
Item # 708802
March 14, 1917
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 14, 1917
* American steamship Algonquin
* U-62 -German U-Boat Torpedo sinks
* 1st U.S. vessel sunk after submarine warfare resumed
The front page has a nice banner headline: "AMERICAN SHIP SUNK" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 14 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally in very nice condition.
source: Almost Chosen People: The first American vessel sunk after the German government announced a return to unrestricted submarine warfare, the Algonquin, an unarmed merchant vessel, was sunk by the U-62 off the Scilly Islands on March 12, 1917. The U-62 surfaced and fired four shots at the Algonquin, none of which hit. The Captain of the Algonquin ordered his crew to take to lifeboats. The U-62 skipper, U-boat Ace Kapitanleutnant Ernst Hashagen, sent a boarding crew to set bombs on the Algonquin and sank her in that manner. The crew of the Algonquin were unharmed, and after twenty-seven hours of arduous rowing reached Penzance in Cornwall. On the same date, President Wilson ordered the arming of American merchant ships.
Category: The 20th Century
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