ILLUSTRATIONS

The Corsair rescues the Crew of the Sinking Californian Frontispiece

Admiral H. B. Wilson, commanding the U.S. Naval Forces in France 4

Commander Theodore A. Kittinger, U.S.N., commanding U.S.S. Corsair 10

Lieutenant Commander William B. Porter, later commanding U.S.S. Corsair, and Lieutenant Robert E. Tod, Navigator 16

Fitting the Corsair for the War Zone 22

Number Two Gun Crew on Watch 26

They are All Sea Dogs together 26

Some of the Officers and Crew, before leaving New York 32

With America’s First Convoy: Troop-Ships Henderson, Antilles, Momus, and Lenape 38

The Mine functions and a Lurking U-Boat would find it excessively Unhealthy 38

The Kind of “Gobs” the Country was proud of 44

The German Submarine was a Tiny Target even when on the Surface 44

Boatswain’s Mate Seger, from Passaic 50

Pharmacist’s Mate Feeley and Mess Attendant Martinez 50

Winning Boat Crew in Fourth of July Race with Aphrodite 56

“The Bridge Gang” 56

Starting the Swimming Race from a Mooring Buoy 62

Water Sports on the Fourth of July: The Race between Life-Rafts with Coal Shovels for Paddles 62

A Wet Day for the Deck Watch 66

French and Underhill are dolled up for the Camera 66

The Burning American Schooner Augustus Weld 70

From the Corsair’s Main-Top: The Convoy steams out 70

“Coal on the Corsair, Fill every bin. We work like hell, boys, Till it’s all in” 74

A French Fishing-Smack which dared the Ruthless Warfare 78

The S.S. Manto, which sped through the War Zone At Five Knots 78

A Group of Chief Petty Officers 84

A Liberty Party at Brest 84

The Gunner’s Mates and the Long Row of Depth Charges ready to plop over the Stern 88

Another View of the Mine Track, showing the Y Gun or Double Mortar 88

French Fishermen who were set adrift 92

The Castaways find a Hearty Welcome on the Corsair 92

Gunner’s Mates Barko and Moore, and a Depth Charge 98

Watching the Aphrodite go out on Patrol 98

Engineering Force of the Corsair 102

Lieutenant J. J. Patterson, Engineer Officer, and his Husky “Black Gang” 102

A Boat-Load of Survivors from the Antilles coming alongside 106

Naval Officers rescued from the Antilles, with General McNair, U.S.A. 106

The Antilles crowded with Troops on her Last Voyage to France 110

The Alcedo picks up the Antilles Survivors 110

The Corsair drops a Mine and shakes up Fritz 114

The Finland, just after she was torpedoed 118

Destroyer Preston, which was caught in the Hurricane and also found Refuge at Lisbon 118

Chief Yeoman Paulson 122

Gunner’s Mate Wiley 122

Bucking into the Winter Seas 128

She takes ’em aboard Green 128

The Ship’s Cooks and the Wardroom Steward 134

The Noble Job of peeling “Spuds” 134

Boatswain’s Mate Houtz in the Navy’s Storm Clothes 140

Swollen Sea, from the Forward Crow’s-Nest 140

A Letter from Home: Coaling Ship must wait 144

Carroll Bayne gets his Ensign’s Commission 144

How the Hurricane Seas pounded the Yacht: “The Poor Old Ship was a Mess” 150

What was left of the Emergency Wheel 156

When the Hurricane slapped the Windows 156

Assistant Engineer Hawthorn and his Watch 160

The Crew of Number Three Gun 160

Temporary Repairs, after the Hurricane 164

What the Forward Deck-House looked like while running for Lisbon 164

Cleaning up at Lisbon, after the Hurricane 172

Lisbon Harbor and the Tug that towed the Corsair to the Dockyard 176

The American Legation at Lisbon where the Corsair’s Crew found a Home 176

The Corsair in Drydock at Lisbon 182

At her Mooring Buoy, Brest 182

“Doc” Laub agrees that “this is the Life if you don’t weaken” 188

Coxswain Dave Tibbott waits with the Launch 188

The Cheery French Pilot, Lieutenant Mejeck 194

Chief Quartermaster Benton 194

The Home of the American Naval Officers’ Club in Brest 200

American Yachts clustered inside the Breakwater, Brest 206

The Faithful Wakiva, which was sunk in Collision 212

Big Transports in Brest Harbor 212

Chief Quartermaster Farr stands with Folded Arms and indicates that he has his Sea-Legs with him 216

Commander Kittinger says Good-Bye to Lieutenant Commander Porter as the Latter takes over the Command 216

Lieutenant Schanze, Ensign Gray, Lieutenant Commander Porter, Chief Engineer Hutchison, Commander Kittinger, and Lieutenant McGuire 220

At Rosyth: Lieutenant Nolan, Dr. Agnew, Commander Porter, Lieutenant McGuire, Ensign Acorn, Lieutenant Patterson, Ensign Wangerin, and Paymaster Erickson 220

Rolling out to find a Convoy 226

A Little Water on Deck 226

The Sinking Californian: Going, Going, Almost Gone! 232

Californian Survivors aboard the Corsair 232

A Mascot from the Californian, known as “The Mutt” 238

The Newfoundland Pup saved from the French Fishing Bark 238

The Dagfin, broken down and helpless. The Corsair stands by 244

Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet 248

H. A. Breckel, Chief Radio Operator 256

Electricians Swan and Plummer, of the highly Efficient Radio Gang 256

At the Emergency Wheel: Heavy Weather Offshore 262

The Trim, Immaculate Navy Man: After Coaling Ship 262

Boatswain’s Mate French bought a Pet Parrot in Lisbon 268

“Tommy,” the Ship’s Cat, who finished strong in the Hurricane 268

“Teddy,” who was given a Military Funeral when he swallowed a Nail 268

With the Grand Fleet at Rosyth 274

Surrendered German Submarines tied up at Portland 274

The Corsair at Queenstown as Flagship of Admiral Sims 278

Seaman Henry Barry, before they wished Another Job on him 282

Gunner’s Mate Simpson hopes to spot that Sub 282

The Homeward-Bound Pennant: “We’re off for Little Old New York, thank God” 286

The Corsair when in Commission as a Yacht before the War 290

Admiral William S. Sims, commanding the U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters 294

Map showing the Corsair’s Wanderings in the War Zone 304

THE CORSAIR IN THE WAR ZONE