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diff --git a/43883.txt b/43883.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a84dd15..0000000 --- a/43883.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,678 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Brief History of the U. S. S. Imperator, -one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy., by Anonymous - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: A Brief History of the U. S. S. Imperator, one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy. - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: October 4, 2013 [EBook #43883] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK U. S. S. IMPERATOR *** - - - - -Produced by Sandra Eder and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - Transcriber's note: - - Italics is represented with underscores (_Text_). - A list of corrections made can be found at the end of the book. - - - - - _A BRIEF HISTORY_ - - _OF THE_ - - U. S. S. IMPERATOR - - _ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST - SHIPS IN THE U. S. NAVY_ - - - - -[Illustration: _The U. S. S. IMPERATOR, one of the two largest ships in -the world._] - - - - - THE U. S. S. IMPERATOR - - -The Imperator was first commissioned in 1913, at Hamburg, Germany, by -the Hamburg-American Steamship Line of Hamburg. She made regular -passenger runs from Hamburg to New York from the time she was -commissioned by her original owners up until the latter part of July, -1914. Her passenger quota was: 700 first class, 600 second class, 1000 -third class and 1,800 fourth class. And on account of her up-to-date -safety devices, she was one of the best patronized steamers belonging -to the Hamburg American Line. - -The Imperator was built by the Vulcan Steel Works of Hamburg. She has a -length of 919 feet over all, a width of 98 feet 3 in., and a depth of -70 feet. She is electric lighted throughout, and has a very powerful -wireless set--installed after being taken over by the Navy, and -supplanting the old set--together with submarine signalling devices, -watertight bulkheads and doors, which are opened and closed by -hydraulic power. She carries 2,000 tons of permanent ballast. - -The maximum speed of the Imperator is 22 knots, about 25 land miles, -and she burns about 850 tons of coal per day. Her steaming radius is -about 5,000 miles, and in port, under ordinary circumstances, she burns -about 60 tons per day. The total capacity of her coal bunkers is 8,550 -tons. The maximum draft when she is loaded and ready for sea is 40 feet -and 6 inches, and in a single trip across the Atlantic her draft -diminishes to 36 feet and 4 inches. - -Her troop carrying capacity is 1,000 officers, 966 non-commissioned -officers, and 7,939 enlisted men of the Army. Her total Naval -complement is 2200 officers and enlisted men of the regular Navy. - -[Illustration: _Captain Casey B. Morgan, Commanding._] - - - - - CAPTAIN CASEY B. MORGAN, U. S. N. - - -The Commanding Officer of the Imperator is Casey B. Morgan, Captain, -U. S. N. He graduated from the Naval academy in 1888, and his first -cruise in a seagoing vessel of the Navy was in the U. S. S. Atlanta. He -took part in a number of campaigns and received his first commission, -that of Ensign, in 1890. While in this rank he served in the Alert, -Dolphin, and the Michigan--now the Wolverine; the Raleigh during the -Cuban blockade. He sailed for the Asiatic in the Raleigh in December, -1897, and arrived at Hong Kong, China, on Feb. 18th, 1898, and it was -upon the arrival of the Dolphin that the destruction of the Maine was -learned. He served with Admiral Dewey as a Lieutenant (jg) during the -Spanish-American war, and took part in the Battle of Manila Bay, also -the bombardment of the city of Manila and the capture of Subic Bay and -Corregidor. - -Captain Morgan served in many vessels since the war, his service has -been both varied and honorable. He was promoted up the ladder of -success steadily, and in 1910 he received his commission as a Commander -in the Navy. Captain Morgan was the first officer in the Navy to take a -ship of the Navy through the St. Lawrence River and canals to Chicago, -that vessel was the Dubuque. Captain Morgan was the senior Naval -officer present during the Cuban outbreak in 1911, and was S. O. P. -during the Santa Dominican and Haitian Revolutions in that year and the -one following. He was in command of the battleship Minnesota at Vera -Cruz in 1914, and was at the War College, Newport, R. I., when we -declared war on Germany. - -His first command during the war was the Sixth Squadron, Patrol Force, -with Hampton Roads as its base, and the Albany as the flagship. The -patrol was ordered to the other side, and Captain Morgan was ordered to -command the Agamemnon, the ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II. In April, 1918, he was -ordered to the staff of Vice-Admiral Gleaves as Force Transport -Officer, and remained in that capacity until May 23, at which time he -took command of the Great Imperator. - -[Illustration: _The U. S. S. North Carolina which operated with the -Force._] - - - - - PLACING HER IN COMMISSION - - -It was a big job, placing the Imperator in commission for the first -time by American Navalmen. Fresh from the hands of the enemy into the -hands of proud Yankee sailors was the fate of this great leviathan of -the deep. She had been tied up alongside the docks at Hamburg, Germany, -for four years and nine months, and while her engines and boilers were -in fair condition, they were, nevertheless new to the men who were -first to sail her under the Stars and Stripes. - -Getting a crew to man her was also a big proposition. Without men she -would not serve us our purpose, so her first commanding officer had to -draw his crew from several naval bases in France, London, and Cardiff, -Wales. The Imperator was brought to Brest by a German crew, including a -commodore, two captains and a score of other German officers. She was -officially placed in commission with Old Glory flying proudly at her -flagstaff on the 5th day of May, 1919. Captain John K. Robison, U. S. -Navy, was her first commanding officer, and Commander Laird, U. S. -Navy, was her first executive officer, and 2500 Yankee fighting men -comprised her crew. - -Many of the Imperator's officers and enlisted men had been on foreign -station for some time, and her commanding officer was ordered from -Admiral Sims' headquarters in London. - - - - - SHE SAILS FOR THE UNITED STATES - - -She sailed from Brest on May 15, with 1500 officers of the Army, 300 -enlisted men of the Army, many distinguished civilians and 500 nurses -on board. She left in company with the Leviathan, and the two vessels -had an exciting trip across the Atlantic. While it was not officially -announced as a race, it was a close run all the way over. The Leviathan -won by a few hours, but be it remembered that the "Levi" had made about -twenty trips over, they were hardened to the transport duty, and they -knew their ship. When we get a little more accustomed to the packet, -we'll show 'em how to put the old Imperator through the water! - -The Imperator arrived in New York on the 22nd of May, after a -delightful passage over, and she tied up to the dock along with her -sistership, the Leviathan. Two of the world's greatest ships--Leviathan -and Imperator--at the same dock, and best of all the dock was in the -good old U. S. A., and greatest of all, they had the American flag -floating over them. - -The Imperator lay at the dock at Hoboken until June 3rd, at which time -she sailed for Brest. During her stay in port she was given a complete -overhauling, standee bunks were installed by the thousands, a new -wireless outfit was placed on board, as was a complete and up-to-date -printing department, installed by John F. Kennedy, chief printer, who -was sent to her from the staff of Admiral Sims. She also took on board -tons and tons of fresh provisions and supplies. - -It was the next day, after her first arrival in the United States after -an absence of nearly five years, that the Imperator received her -present commanding officer, C. B. Morgan, Captain, U. S. Navy, and her -present executive officer. Commander R. A. White. Many other officers -to head important departments were also received. - - - - - THE CRUISER AND TRANSPORT FORCE - - -The Force to which the U. S. S. Imperator belongs and with which she -has operated since being taken over by the U. S. Navy is the greatest -force of vessels ever operated under any nation's flag. At the time the -Cruiser and Transport Force was first commissioned, early in April, -1917, there were only a handfull of vessels ready to carry the -thousands of soldiers who were then being assembled all over the -country, to France. However, by the time the first sailing date -arrived--June 14th, 1917--we had equipped and ready to sail thirty odd -vessels. - -The Force has been, and is to-day, under the command of Vice-Admiral -Albert Gleaves, U. S. Navy, who commanded all of our troopships, -transports and cruisers during our two years of war against the Central -Powers of Germany; the untiring efforts of Admiral Gleaves, his staff -of officers and enlisted men is now known to the world. Before the -armistice was signed, and before the Force begun to diminish, there -were one hundred and thirty-nine vessels in commission and extending -their efforts in bringing our soldiers back to their homeland. - -There are ships operating in six different divisions, the largest of -which is the New York Division, with headquarters at Hoboken, N. J. To -transport safely approximately 1,750,000 troops to France and England, -together with their fighting equipment, their food and supplies and -food for our Allies, who had been three years at war, was no small -undertaking--it required hundreds of ships and thousands of officers -and enlisted men to accomplish the feat, but it HAS BEEN DONE! - -Not too much praise can be given to the officers and men of the Navy -and especially those of the Cruiser and Transport Force, whether they -made one trip or a dozen. Every man who had his shoulder to the great -wheel which was pushed ahead until that spoke arrived which had -inscribed upon it VICTORY, deserves a like amount of credit for the -glorious accomplishments in the world's greatest struggle for humanity, -justice and the final eradication of militarism and autocracy. - -[Illustration: _The "Y" gun, one of the valuable developments during -the war._] - - - - - HER SISTER SHIP - - -The sister ship to the Imperator, and largest vessel in the world, is -the Leviathan. The Leviathan is 954 feet in length, and has a beam of -one hundred feet. She displaces 68,000 tons of water and has a mean -draft of 40 feet of water; has a speed of 24 knots, and carries 8,750 -tons of coal when loaded and ready for sea. She was also one of the -Hamburg-American Line steamers, and was known as the Vaterland before -being taken over by the Navy. - -The Leviathan was more fortunate in the cause of the Allied nations, as -she was on this side of the Atlantic when war was declared. The -Imperator was on the other side and she never ventured to sea again. - -The "Levi," as she is affectionately known by her crew, transported -more than 110,000 troops to France and England before the armistice was -signed, and has been bringing them back at a 12,000 rate a trip ever -since. The Imperator was not taken over--as has been said--and has only -made three successful trips with troops, civilians and nurses since the -armistice. There is one redeeming feature about the "Imp" and that is -the fact that all the troops and passengers she does carry--are -homeward bound! Home to their beloved land for which they fought and -for which they unstintingly offered their lives to defend. The fact -that it is home matters not so much, but the fact that their homes are -in the great United States means all to them! - - - - - SECRETARY DANIELS VISITS SHIP - - -While in Brest, shortly after the ship was placed in commission, and -before she sailed on her maiden voyage under the Red, White and Blue -ensign, Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, visited the ship and -made an address to the ship's company. He expressed himself as being -sorry that he could not make the first trip with the new and -all-American crew of one of the world's greatest vessels. "It is up to -us (the Navy) to get the soldier boys home, and then we will go home -ourselves," said the Secretary. - - - - - Transcriber's note: - - The following corrections have been made: - "runs from Hambrug to New York" -> Hamburg - "Ensign in 1890" -> Ensign, in 1890 - "is 1,000 offiicers" -> officers - "Santa Domincan" -> Santa Dominican - "be it reembered" -> remembered - "packet, We'll" -> we'll - "militarism and autrocracy" -> autocracy - "since the the armistice" -> superfluous "the" removed - "import-and departments" -> important - - Spacing after punctuation standardized, inconsistent hyphenation and - archaic spelling retained. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Brief History of the U. S. S. -Imperator, one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy., by Anonymous - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK U. S. S. 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