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Naval history: first U.S. ship vs. a German U-Boat...
Naval history: first U.S. ship vs. a German U-Boat...
Item # 708842
April 25, 1917
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 25, 1917
* American steamship SS Magnolia
* German U-Boat - submarine attack
* 1st U.S. Navy encounter in World War I
* Gun used on display at Gosport Park
The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "AMERICAN LINER SINKS DIVER" 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 16 pages, light toning at the margins, irregular along the spine, generally in very nice condition.
source: Naval History and Heritage Command: Mongolia was attacked by a German submarine on April 19th 1917 at 0520. She fired on the submarine wrecking the periscope and conning tower and forced the submarine to submerge. This was the first encounter of an American ship with a U-boat. The gun which engaged the submarine is on display at Gosport Park, City of Portsmouth, Virginia and forms part of the Naval History and Heritage Command artifact collection. This was one of the three 6” 40 Caliber guns assigned to the Mongolia. This is a multi-faceted artifact, it was the gun used in the first armed action by the United States Navy in World War I; but it also symbolizes the impact of new technologies on the rules of warfare and maritime law.
Category: The 20th Century
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