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BEING THE "LOG"

of the

U.S. S. Maui

In the World War

WITH

PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS

Compiled by

Lieutenant W. E. Hennerich, MC. - - U.S.N.

Lieutenant J. W. Stewart - - - U.S.N.R.F.

Lieutenant(j.g.)Wm. P. Reagor, Chaplain - U.S.N.

J. F. McKenna, Yeoman, first class - - U.S.N.

B. F. Johnson, Yeoman, third class - - U.S.N.

H. G. Binder, Ptr., second class, Cartoonist - U.S.N.

BY PERMISSION OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER

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W. F. M. EDWARDS

'*Our Skipper"'

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A truer, nobler, trustier heart,
more loving, or more loyal,
never beat within a human
hrezst.-BYRON.

LlEUTENAXT-CoMMANDER, U.S.N.R.F.

Commanding Officer

^^HE name of our good ship, Maui, was, perhaps,
-' -^ ' to most of us the most strange and meaningless
of any of the ships in this fleet, and upon first
seeing it in print no doubt it seemed unpro-
nounceable. Yet the name has a romance about it that one
associates with the sea, for the ship was named after the
beautiful Island of Maui, the second largest of the
Hawaiian group.

The purpose of our book is to tell in a simple and short
manner, and so that we may keep it fresh in our memories
in the years to come, the tale of the part played in the
great war by the good ship Maui and the men who manned
her. We, the officers and crew of The Maui, were nearly
all drawn into the Great Adventure from quiet and peace-
ful scenes, even as the ship herself came from the quiet
trade to the high and beautiful island nestling in the trop-
ical sea and for which she was named.

When our present duty is performed, we, as well as the
ship, will eventually return to the scenes of our former
occupations. We will take with us, in the form of this
little book, the story of our ship in the sterner days when
our country called us to her service, and may it often
recall to mind the memory of our shipmates and the scenes
on board our staunch ship — The U. S. S. Maui.

The story leading up to the building of The Maui is
a true romance of the sea, dating back to the days of sail-
ing ships and to the men of sterling character and ability

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Mrs. Matson
Launching of The Maui

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

who commanded them. The Maui was the last addition to
a fleet of merchant steamers conceived and created by the
late Captain William Matson, of San Francisco. To his
genius the Navy owed the addition, during the war,
of three fine transports — The Maui, Matsonia, and
Wilhelmina.

Starting as a young man in the trade from San Fran-
cisco to the Hawaiian Islands, which was carried on then
almost entirely by small sailing vessels. Captain Matson de-
veloped and saw his business grow from one small sailing-
vessel, which he commanded himself, to the present fleet
of splendid steamers. In this sea enterprise and the adven-
tures centered about the life of the late Captain Matson,
we have not only a romance of the sea but a glimpse of
sea power in its true and broader sense.

The war has given us a new conception of, and a new
interest in sea power. Sea power as we have seen it, and
also as illustrated by a great seafaring nation in history,
does not lie alone in a mighty and purely military Navy,
but in the combination of such a navy with a large merchant
fleet.

The source of the great wealth of all maritime nations
has always been a large and well organized merchant
marine. A fraction of the wealth that flows into the mari-
time nations through their great merchant fleets has sup-
ported their powerful navies, which in turn protected their
\ sea commerce and enabled it to expand.
' The ships and seamen of a large merchant marine are
: a reserve from which the navy can draw in time of war.
We have readily seen the advantages of sea power in the
^uty performed by The Maui while we served aboard her.
I It was due to sea power alone that the great American
;" Army was so successfully carried to France. It is the part
in the service to our country played by the ship and the men
who manned her that we are proud of, and the commemora-
tion of which is the purpose of this book.

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LAUNCHING OF THE MAUI

'^7// Care of the Postmaster^
New YorF''

HEN GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING, from
France, advised the United States Government
to "bridge the Atlantic with ships," as a move
of inestimable importance in the winning of the
war, The Steamship Maui was in the first year of her ex-
istence. She was plying the Pacific between San Francisco
and the Hawaiian Islands under the big ''M" of the Matson
Navigation Company. Her maiden voyage had started
on April 7, 1917, the day following formal declaration of
war against the German Empire.

On March 6, 1919, she celebrated her first anniversary
as The U. S. S. Maui while tied up at Army Pier No. 1,
Hoboken, New Jersey, after seven round trips to various
ports in France.

In the recital of her record no claim is laid to brilliancy,
despite the fact that she was a subject of attack, in what
probably was one of the most intense and persistent efforts
directed by German U-boats against American troopship
couA^oys during the war, and on several other occasions was
picked as a victim by the Skippers of under-sea craft. Her
career has, however, been of more than casual interest,
and, in view of this fact, the story of events — chronolog-
ically related or otherwise — has been deemed worthy of
some sort of permanency.

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Lieutenant-Commander, U.S.N.R.F.
Executive Officer

Lieutenant-Commander, U.S.N.R.F.
Chief Engineer

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

At the time of her christening The S. S. Maui was the
largest passenger vessel built on the Pacific coast. She

was constructed for the Matson Naviga-
Naval Reserve tion Company by the Union Iron Works
Vessel, Class 3. ^ r o t- i i r

Company of San Francisco and named for

one of the Hawaiian Islands. Her keel was laid in Feb-
ruary, 1916, and when Mrs. William Matson, wife of the
head of the company, broke a bottle of champagne against
the bow plates, on December 23rd, of the same year, she
slid down the ways into the waters of San Francisco Bay as
a worthy exponent of Class Three type of Naval Reserve
vessel. Although privately owned and operated, she was
subject to call by the Government in time of emergency.

Her length was 501 feet, her beam 58 feet and her
displacement 17,000 tons. Equipped with Westinghouse-
Parsons turbines, double reduction gear, driving twin
screw propellers, she was capable of 15,000 H. P., her main
turbines accounting for 12,500 and her auxiliaries for the
remaining 2,500. Her speed was to be sixteen knots.

Having been constructed as an oil burner. The Maui
was equipped to carry 21,000 barrels of fuel, giving her an
approximate steaming radius of 12,000 miles, or enough,
figures show, to drive her continuously for eight hundred
hours at fourteen knots. She carried eight Babcock &
Wilcox boilers.

One of the finest and most thoroughly equipped cold

storage plants, for its size, to be found anywhere, was

installed. It comprised three ten-ton ice

First Voyage to ^lachines of the latest type and fitted in

Hawau in April. ^^^ ^^^^^ improved manner.

The electrical plant, although quite ample in the mer-
chant service, has been a trifle inadequate for the entire

[ 16]

Lieutenant, U.S.N.R.F.
Navigating Officer

*'IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

ship under naval operation. It is fitted with one 60 K. W.
and two 30 K. W. General Electric force lubrication gener-
ators. An electrically driven ventilating system forces
91,000 cubic feet of air below decks each minute.

When The S. S. Maui sailed from San Francisco, April
7, 1917, on her maiden voyage, to the Hawaiian Islands,
she admitted of accommodations for two hundred and
twenty-five cabin passengers and sixty third-class passen-
gers. In addition she carried an immense general cargo
and continued to do so on her various trips between San
Francisco, Honolulu, on the Isle of Oahu, and Hilo, on
the Isle of Hawaii.

On December 23, 1917 — exactly one year from the day

she was launched — TJie Maui sailed through the Golden

Gate on a new mission. She was operat-

Goodbye to -j^^ ^^^^^ ^j^^ United States Shipping

i^iy^h^r ^^^^^- ^^^ departure from San Fran-
cisco had been hasty, even the fueling
having been postponed until the vessel was out in the
stream. Subsequently there was no demonstration of any
sort when she left her home port. In Honolulu, however,
at the time of her last sailing from there, the inhabitants,
knowing that she was to enter the great fleet being organ-
ized by the Government in the business of war, had turned
out in full force and made a gala day of it.

The Maui sailed to the equator and beyond, and put in
at Tocopilla, Chile, on January 4, 1918. There, if one is
to consider fine points, she gave the German Empire the
first of several "jolts" administered during her war career.
Although operating under the Shipping Board she entered
the South American neutral port with the status of a

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Lieutenant, U. S. N.
Ordnance Officer

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

merchant vessel and remained long enough to take on
10,000 tons of nitre.

Leaving Tocopilla on January 12th, The Maui pro-
ceeded northward again to the Pacific entrance of the
Panama Canal, arriving at Panama at
?'"''"^*'c J 7:18 A. M., January 19th, and after usual
r*R*u* formalities entered Miraflores Locks at

to Baltimore. h-jq A. M.— left 11:44, entered Pedro
Miguel Locks 12:21 P. M. — left 12:42— Gamboa
abeam 1 :52 P. M. and hit it up across Gatun Lake — en-
tered Gatun Locks 5 :30 P. M.— left 6:42 P. M., and as she
could not go through the nets and mine fields until morn-
ing we anchored at Colon at 7:52 P. M., January 19th.
Sailed and all clear of Pilot 7:56 A. M., January 20th.
Thus the actual running time from the arrival at Colon
was 1 1 hours and 54 minutes.

Steaming up the Eastern Coast of the United States
we proceeded to Hampton Roads for orders, arriving there
January 25th. From Hampton Roads she went to Charles-
ton, S. C, and there discharged her cargo.

She sailed from Charleston on February 12th, and
next put in at Baltimore, Md., on February 14th. Here
she was ordered into service on March 2nd and actually
commissioned on March 6th.

According to the Log Entry for that date, the com-
missioning took place at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon in
the presence of officials of the ship and of the port of
Baltimore.

Lieutenant Commander W. F. M. Edwards, U.S.N.
R.F., who had taken the vessel on her last trip to the
Hawaiian Islands and had brought her around to Balti-
more, was in command. He had automatically entered the

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Lieutenant, U.S.N.R.F

*'IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

Naval Service with the acquisition of the ship by the
Government, as had other members of her merchant crew.

These men have remained with the ship during her

entire period of service in the Cruiser and Transport Force

of the United States Atlantic Fleet. They

C*^ ^E^T***"* ^^^' ^^^^ ^^^^^ present ranks and ratings :
rew o 8. Lieutenant Commander James P. Rasmus-
sen, U.S.N. R.F., Executive Officer; Lieutenant Com-
mander Alexander Ryan, U.S.N.R.F., Chief Engineer;
Lieutenant R. W. Dunham, U.S.N.R.F., First Assistant
Engineer; Lieutenant S. H. Robinson, U.S.N. R.F., Second
Assistant Engineer; Lieutenant A. H. Westerberg, U.S.
N.R.F., First Lieutenant; Lieutenant J. W. Stewart,
U.S.N.R.F., Ordnance Officer; Lieutenant (j.g. ) E. C.
Reed, U.S.N.R.F.; Lieutenant (j.g.) E. L. Ladieu, U.S.N.
R.F. ; Lieutenant (j.g.) J. T. Viegas, U.S.N.R.F. ; Ensign
P. R. Griffin, Pay Corps, U.S.N.R.F; J. W. McDonald,
Chief Radio Electrician, U.S.N.R.F.; C R. Nelson, Chief
Commissary Steward, U.S.N.R.F.; William Anderson,
Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S.N.R.F., and Henry O. Zerbe,
Chief Machinist's Mate, U.S.N.R.F.

Lieutenant James Marmion, deceased, had been Fourth
Officer of the ship in the merchant service, and was First
Lieutenant at the time of his death.

Lieutenant E. H. Sandelin, U.S.N.R.F., Navigating
Officer, later was attached to the ship. He had formerly
been with The U. S. S. Wilhelmina, another of the Matson
line which was taken over by the Government.

During the stay of several weeks off Baltimore, the
crew came aboard from the Fifth Naval District, there
was a general overhauling of the turbines and such im-
provements and rearrangements were made as would put

[22]

Lieutenant, U. S. N.
Senior Medical Officer

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

the ship into condition for the work she was about to take
up. Four 6-inch guns, two forward and two aft, were
mounted on the newly commissioned vessel, together with
a similar number of machine guns. A portion of a great
cargo was taken aboard.

At 9 o'clock on the morning of March 17th the com-
mand of The U. S. S. Maui was taken over by Commander
C. A. Abele, U.S.N. Lieutenant Com-
C° A™Ah T niander Edwards assumed the office of

US N In ' Navigator. On the 19th Lieutenant Com-
Command. mander E. B. Woodworth, U.S.N. , re-

ported on board. He relieved Lieutenant
(j.g.) Westerberg who had been acting executive officer
in the temporary absence of Lieutenant James P. Rasmus-
sen. Lieutenant Rasmussen became First Lieutenant and
Lieutenant (j.g.) Westerberg, a division officer.

The Maui sailed for New York City on April 2nd.
Arriving on the 4th, she tied up at Army Pier No. 4,
Hoboken.

During the few days which followed, the loading of
cargo and commissary stores was completed; work on the
6-inch batteries was finished and ammunition for all guns
was taken aboard.

Late on the afternoon of April 10th The Maui slipped
from her berth, passed down the channel and out into the
Atlantic for a trial run. Foul weather was met with im-
mediately. During the night ready boxes, wire reel and
starboard ladder to ''B" deck carried away; also part of
shells for one of the forward guns, steam pipe to winches,
fire main and voice tubing.

[24]

Lieutenant, U.S.N.
Supply Officer

'IN CARE OH THE POSTMASTER, N E IV YORK"

On the evening of the 11th the ship returned and put
in again at her Hoboken pier. At 9:15 A. M. on the 15th

the first European-bound ''doughboy" to
Troops Embark; ^^ transported on The Maui stepped over
eTbir^ the gangway. A total of 478 troops,

inchiding officers, came aboard for pas-
sage to France.

Next day, at 10:12 A. M., the bugler sounded ''unmoor
ship." At 10:25 o'clock, all clear, The Maui headed down
North River to the sea; at 12:57 o'clock she passed Am-
brose Lightship, one half mile off the starboard beam, and
at 1 :25 o'clock, under the escort of The U. S. S. Seattle,
and with The U. S. S, Pocahontas, The U. S. S. Calamares,
The U. S. S. Madazvaska, The El Oriente, and the British
transports Csar and Csarita, actually took departure on
her first transatlantic voyage of the war. Later, at an
ocean rendezvous, the convoy was joined by the ill-fated
U. S. S. Mt. Vernon.

The Maui's first mishap occurred on April 20th. On
the 12 to 4 watch in the afternoon her port engine was
disabled, and in lieu of possibilities of immediate repairs
she was ordered back to New York. The convoy pro-
ceeded eastward.

On the same watch next afternoon G. F. Conway,
seaman second class, while passing a medicine ball with
shipmates on the fantail, plunged between
R^ ? m*° |--*. the life lines in the vicinity of No. 4 gun
* ' and fell overboard. A life boat being

lowered to his assistance capsized, throwing G. S. Cartish,
seaman second class, into the choppy seas.

Conway, failing in his efforts to grasp life preservers
thrown to him, sank in a very short time and boats' crews,

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Lieutenant (j.g.). U.S.N.T.
Chaplain

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

at work for two hours and a half, were unsuccessful in
their efforts to locate and recover the body.

Cartish was in the water for a number of minutes,
managing to keep afloat until rescuers reached him. He
took an oar and assisted in pulling back to the ship.

A short time after the accident some adjustment of
the engine trouble was effected. The Maui turned east
again and started after the convoy.

Running at full speed on her starboard engine and
half speed on the port, The Maui zigzagged her way across
the greater part of the Atlantic unaccompanied.

Late in the afternoon on April 28th, she met, at an
established rendezvous, the convoy which she had left.
Together again, the convoy and escort, proceeded into the
night, and early next morning the horizon presented the
low, rakish lines of American destroyers which had sailed
from France to meet and guide them through the zone in
which Germany, through her submarines, was expending
every effort to terrorize and demoralize the allied marine
commerce.

Flanked by the destroyers, the convoy steamed on in-
tact until word came via radio that a veritable nest of
U-boats lay in wait, ready to strike their blow in very close
proximity to a certain important allied naval base (Brest).

On the morning of April 27th, a submarine was sighted

twice by the convoy, and that night The

U-Boat Sighted; j^^^^^ Madawaska, Calamares and The El

j/*"^®^ Oriente, with six destroyers, separated

p aes. from the other ships and headed for St.

Nazaire, France.

During the night The El Oriente and three destroyers
were separated from the rest in a fog. Belle Isle was

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In the Basin at St. Nazaire

"We're All Here, Let's Go'

Philadelphians Welcome the Maui

"IN CARE OF TH.E POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

sighted next morning by TJie Maui, Madazvaska and The
Calamarcs. They were met by American hydroplanes and
escorted through the swept channel into St. Nazaire.

In St. Nazaire while the cargo of 10,000 tons (one item
of which was 33,000 bales of corrugated iron for ware-
houses and trenches) was being discharged, the men of
the engineer's force, working constantly night and day,
without outside assistance, made repairs which, although
of a temporary nature, precluded probable recurrence of
the trouble which had been the occasion of the vessel start-
ing back to the United States on the trip over.

Departure was made from St. Nazaire on May 13th.
While passing out from Quiberon Bay the port high pres-
sure turbine failed again and the voyage homeward was
continued in the same manner as that to France, full speed
on one engine and half speed on the other.

Fire control watches and lookouts, on several nightly
occasions, reported what appeared to be submarine signal
lights flashing at irregular intervals astern and off the
quarters, but, with the exception of one alarm which lacked
visible substantiation, and the passing of a small whirlwind
at 2,000 yards on the same day. May 23rd, the home trip
was made with little of unusual interest having transpired.

Upon arriving at Hoboken, May 26th, The Maui was
scheduled for a respite. Within the course of several days
she moved to Pier No. 16 and remained there for six
weeks, during which time somewhat of a renovation took
place. Besides the usual repairs all of her
• f ^"* . ^* turbines were dis-assembled and thor-
oughly overhauled, another deck was in-
stalled and arrangements were made to quarter nearly
4,000 troops. The usual loading of supplies and cargo

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FOC'S'LE U. S. S. MAUI

*'IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

went on while camouflage artists completely obliterated
the modest impression of a coat of battleship gray which
bespoke the vividness of a cube artist's nightmare.

On July 18th The Maui moved to Pier No. 4. Next
day The U. S. S. San Diego went down just outside of
New York, and the members of her crew> were billeted
aboard The Maui until July 26th.

The day following their departure The Maui went out
on a steaming trial, anchoring that night off Tompkins-
ville. Repairs to her engines had proved successful and
next day she proceeded into dry dock No. 3 at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, where the ship's bottom was painted and last
repairs made. She left dry dock the afternoon of July
29th and returned to Hoboken, where the last of approx-
imately 3,800 troops were taken aboard.

With the United States Navy transports Siboney,
Orizaba, Mallory, Calamares and Tenadores, The Maui
as senior vessel, steamed eastward past Ambrose Light-
ship at 6:08 o'clock on the evening of July 31st on what
terminated in the most eventful trip of her history. The
convoy was escorted by The U. S. S. Charleston (cruiser)
and the destroyer Calhoun. At an ocean rendezvous they
were joined by the Italian ships America and Re dTtalia.

At 5 :40 o'clock on the evening of the third day out —

August 3rd — a suspicious appearing

Events of^^ square rigger was picked up by the look-

"^'? "^^1 ^^^S' bearing 70° true. The Charleston

eg"* y« jg£^ ^^^ convoy to investigate.

Further than the fact that the sailing vessel purported
to be a Finnish bark, little has been officially learned on
board The Maui concerning her status or the result of

[34]

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OILING A DESTROYER AT SEA

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, N E IV YORK"

The Charleston's investigation. It was understood, how-
ever, that she carried a supply of oil and gasoline, and the
events of the remainder of the trip have offered some sub-
stantiation to the somewhat general belief that she was a
Hun fuel ship.

The vigil of the little fleet's lookouts was rewarded
again on August 6th, at 5 :40 A. M., with the detection of
a periscope bearing 150° at 2,000 yards distant.

Within a few seconds after being sighted, even this
slight trace of the enemy disappeared. It was sighted
again, however, ten minutes later, bearing 165° at 1,000
yards. The Charleston and Calhoun immediately dropped
out of position and fell back to protect a straggler. At
7:40 o'clock the former opened her forward battery at
close range, firing twice. Except that this particular U-
boat gave no more trouble, little is officially known of The
Charleston's luck.

A mine was sighted next day in the course of the con-
voy, and was fired upon by the escort. Then the ships
proceeded without further alarm or molestation until that
event occurred which, like the big fire and earthquake to
the residents of San Francisco, has been to the crew of
The Maui the hub on which all events ''before" and ''after"
have been reckoned.

Unable, because of the severing of hawsers, to keep
alongside The Maui long enough to take oil, the destroyer
Calhoun, running low on fuel, was ordered to leave the
convoy on August 8th. She changed her course for the
Azore Islands.

On the 10th the convoy was met by twelve American
destroyers from France.

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

August 11th was Sunday; calm, clear and warm. The
troops lolled about on deck, cheerful to the utmost, and
A Day of noisy. Two of the destroyers, acting as

Events Dawns scouts, lay approximately ten miles ahead.
at Sea. The remaining ten flanked the convoy in

regular formation.

At 8 :40 o'clock those to the left of the troopships ripped
the calm of the morning with a sudden barrage of depth
bombs and the fire of ''Y" gunS. The deep-throated whis-
tles of the transports boomed forth in unison as their pro-
pellers churned the blue and white of the sea for more
speed. Units of the escort, belching great clouds of inky
smoke from their funnels, quickly dropped into new posi-
tions for the attack.

The evidence of the submarine having been discovered
to the left, the troopships were swinging 45° to the right.
The Maui was senior ship of the convoy. She was in the
center; The Siboney was running a little abaft her port
beam and The Mallory was off The Sihoneys port quarter.
As The Mallory swerved to the right, she opened fire with
her port bow gun.

The destroyers so harassed the enemy in the next few
minutes that he had no opportunity for procuring bearings
accurate enough to discharge even one torpedo, and evi-
dence of his presence immediately disappeared. Retreat
from General Quarters was sounded on board The Maui
at 9:15 o'clock.

Quiet prevailed again until the second call to General
Quarters at 1 :57 o'clock that afternoon. The destroyers
had spotted another periscope off to starboard.

As they had swung to the right in the morning, the
transports now — with whistles going full blast again and
emergency speed flags streaming in the wind — laid

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

abruptly to port. As they did so the destroyers broke forth
with their effective barrages for the second time that day,
and for the second time the danger passed.

At 2:21 o'clock the crew of The Maui's port after gun
opened fire on a periscope off the port cfuarter, 2,000 yards
distant. At 2:40 o'clock "secure" was sounded, and the
ships of the convoy resumed their respective positions.

Exactly one half hour later the destroyers sighted an-
other U-boat to starboard of the convoy and again took up
their mighty disturbance. Great jets of
^^^'llp* ^*" water streamed skyward as the sullen
^.. *„ detonations of depth bombs rent the air

above the bedlam of whistles. Then,
emerging from the turmoil of seas churned to white fury,
came a streak on the surface of the water. It told its own
tale.

Crossing the bow of The Tenadores, it lengthened and
sped toward the center of the convoy, bearing directly upon
The Maui. But the maneuvering of The Maui triumphed
over the marksmanship of the German gunner who fired
that shot. The torpedo passed twenty yards astern and
spent itself harmlessly in the water.

The following day, August 12th, the eight transports,
with their destroyer escort, steamed into the harbor at
Brest and delivered to France their cargoes.

Meeting in home or foreign ports, sailors exchange
stories, invariably and inevitably. Members of the crews
of these ships which stood together on August 11th ex-
changed their versions of the day, and this is what some
of the destroyer men said, even after the armistice was
signed :

"It was one of the liveliest times we had on this side.*'

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STARBOARD VIEW OF U. S. S. MAUI

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

The evidence necessarily attendant to official recog-
nition of the sinking of a submarine makes it impossible to
_ assert without some question of doubt that

B li d S k ^"^ ^^ more U-boats suffered, in this en-
counter of August 11th, severance of all
connections with the Fatherland. Prisoners were much
harder to take at sea, those days, than ashore; and sunken
subs afforded few souvenirs. Opinions, however, cannot
be denied; and it is believed that four, in all, were sunk.
The bow of one was seen to lift out of the water.

Departure was made from Brest on August 17th.
Until the destroyers turned back, during the night of the
18th, The Maui steamed in convoy formation, and then she
struck out for herself.

At 3:50 o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th lookouts
sighted a submarine dead ahead, laying directly in the path
of the sun's rays. The U-boat remained on the surface,
running awash at intervals. In order to eliminate the
dazzling effect of the sun on the vision, The Maui maneu-
vered to the northward and around the enemy to get be-
tween him and the sun, in case he should choose to use his
guns.

Base course was resumed at 4 o'clock. The sub was
sighted again at 4:02 o'clock and the course was changed
again, 45° to the right. At 4:10 o'clock the enemy craft
was lost to sight, one point abaft the port beam.

Lookouts in the after fire control observed, at 5 :32
o'clock, a wake crossing the path of the vessel, astern. It
was six or eight feet broad and sprinkled with air bubbles.
At 5 :37 o'clock a dark object was made out by the lookouts
and guns crews, bearing 170°. Warrant Gunner Arthur
DeGraw, control officer, ordered the crew of the after star-
board gun to fire. He declared that he had seen the U-
boat distinctly.

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1. Stand-by-Watch — Last Man on Right, Cox. Rousseau, Lost at Sea

2. Deck B, Starboard

3. Captain C. A, Abele

4. Ensigns Pintz and Redmond

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

Night settled and The Maui steamed away under her
welcome cover.

With only a breakdown of an hour, on August 22nd,
to mar tJie serenity of the remainder of the trip, she reached
her Hoboken pier on the afternoon of August 26th.

Commander Abele was advanced to the rank of tem-
porary Captain on August 29th, and Lieutenant Com-
mander E. B. Woodworth to the rank of
Commander Commander. Captain Abele was relieved

"t'lr^ J of his command on August 31st by
and Relieved. ^ i/-ot- ttoxt

Commander C. S. l^reeman, U. b. N.

The third trip of The Maui started on September 4th.
With 3,584 troops aboard she "shoved off'^ with The U. S.
S. Siboney and The U. S. S. Orizaba.

An impure oil supply caused the furnace fires to be put
out on September 5th, and the engines stopped for a short
time. That same day the escort returned to the States.

Upon the convoy's safe arrival in Quiberon Bay, on
the French coast, September 13th, the following message
was received from the convoy Commander:

Naval Communication Service
Radiogram Service Message 9/13/18

From: The U. S. S. Siboney
To: The U. S. S. Maui

The Convoy Commander compliments The Maui's engineer
force on account of transatlantic full speed run.

This brief message of a commendatory nature was the
source of much satisfaction to Chief Engineer Ryan and
the officers and men of his department, after a hard and
trying run across.

The convoy proceeded into St. Nazaire to discharge
troops and cargo.

On September 17th, The Maui, en route home, anchor-
ed in Quiberon Bay to await the arrival of an escort. Dur-
ing the three days which followed sailing boat and other
drills were held.

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"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

The trip to the States started on the evening of Sep-
tember 20th, and while yet within sight of the hghts ashore
The Maui broke down. One of the escort remained with
her. The others proceeded with the remainder of the
convoy.

Breaking down completely in a spot where U-boats
were striving hard to choke the traffic of several nations
was not an incident to be taken lightly on any day or
night. On this particular o.ccasion even the moon and the
sea appeared to have no sympathy for the Allied cause,
much less The Maui's.

From 7:23 to 9:11 o'clock the ship lay there immobile
while the destroyer steamed around in circles. Finally
there was a tremor under foot. Down in the engine room
things had started again. Soon the lights dropped be-
hind. Early in the morning TJie Maui rejoined the
convoy.

On September 29th Commander Freeman assumed the
rank and uniform of Captain upon the receipt of a radio-
gram announcing his promotion. His captaincy dated
from September 21st. The Maui reached New York the
afternoon of the 29th.

Captain Freeman was detached from the ship on Octo-
ber 3rd; the command being taken over again by Lieuten-
ant Commander W. F. M. Edwards, her
leutenant ''skipper" of former merchant days and

Ed d A • under whom she had been commissioned at
in Command Baltimore. Commander E. B. Wood-

worth was detached the same date, and
the duties of Executive Officer were taken over by Lieuten-
ant James P. Rasmussen, First Officer of The Maui on the
west coast and First Lieutenant since the commissioning.
Lieutenant E. H. Sandelin became Navigating Officer and
Lieutenant James Marmion, First Lieutenant.
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"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

Troops began coming on board for the fourth trip on
October 3rd, but due to the fact that saiHng would neces-
sarily be delayed for several days on account of repairs
being made to pumps, the soldiers were disembarked on
the sixth.

The 10th marked the second embarkation, and on the
following day The Maui left Hoboken again for France.
This time she went with The U. S. S. Harrisburg and The
U. S. S. Plattsburg and carried 3,056 soldiers.

It was about this time that the first influenza epidemic
began its ravages throughout the country. It was felt on
board ships, too, and the manner in which it was success-
fully combated on The Maui, then and later, is the basis
for highly gratifying statistics compiled by the Medical
Department and presented later.

The first event of interest on the trip occurred October
13th when The Maui passed in close proximity to a cone-
shaped object, partially submerged, which was believed to
be a stray mine.

Next in the sequence of memorable occasions came
October 18th. It was another one of those nights when
the moon, to which folks back home were prone to entrust
messages, seemed to have betrayed the faith placed in it.

Through the 4 to 8 watch in the evening the three
vessels had been zigzagging over the prescribed course
in calm seas. At 6:40 o'clock — just after dusk had merged
into the deeper shades of night — lookouts on watch in the
after fire control observed a faint white light flashing about
8,000 yards distant, bearing 290°.

At irregular intervals during the next few minutes
the flashes continued. A black object appeared in the
vicinity of the light. It was picked up in the gun telescopes

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and watched for thirty-five minutes. Then it disappeared
as the moon came out from hehind a cloud.

Fire had heen reserved in the hopes that the enemy
would come into better range.

It was nearing midnight when a black object again
appeared, in the vicinity of The Plattsbnrg, dimly visible
in the distance, and what appeared to be
Lights in the ^ wake was observed by the lookouts.
'^ ~ The Flagship Plattsbnrg was informed.

an pee . ^j^^ standard speed was increased and the

three transports sought to outrun their aggressor.

It was believed that the U-boat would attack at day-
break if it succeeded in keeping up in the race, but dawn
and the sun came, and there was no attack.

Later that day, however (about noon), a periscope was
reported 1,200 yards astern. The smoke of an approach-
ing British convoy was rising over the horizon, and the
destroyer escort, which was to accompany the three east-
ward-bound troopships into port, was close behind it.
Again there was no attack.

The convoy arrived in Brest on October 21st. On the
27th The Maui oiled The Westzvard-Ho which, several
months earlier, had been torpedoed and abandoned and
later towed to port by vessels operating out of a European
naval base.

With a convoy of twelve transports The Maid started
home again on October 29th. The destroyer escort left
on the following day and the convoy disbanded. The
Maui proceeded toward New York with The U. S. S.
Mallory, which was senior ship. Twice on the trip The
Mallory developed engine trouble, and while she hove to

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Camouflaged U. S. S. Maui Docked at Basseus, France

Engineers U. S. S. Maui

The Mascot of The U. S. S. Maui

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, N E IV YORK"

The Maui steamed in circles, acting, as best she could,
the part of guardian.

Steaming- throug-h "The Narrows" into New York
Harbor on November 8th, signal quartermasters all along
the line wig-wagged the glad tidings of "war over" to the
returning transports. But radio press news of the pre-
ceding day had denied the widely circulated report of an
armistice, and the crews were a bit skeptical; at least, not
so happy as they might have been. But — after hearing the
tales of ''topsy-turvy" New York of the 7th — they felt that
they had missed no small amount of fun l)y being at sea.

Then Fate illustrated again that he who shouts last
may shout longest. November 11th came.

It was still a few hours to reveille when New York

and the Jersey side inaugurated that Fourth of July of

their own. Within two minutes it sounded

The Maui Joins ^^ •£ ^j^^ ^^^.^ ^^ ^^^^^ steam-propelled

N * K*»°Tlth noise-making contraption in the harbor
and ashore had been tied down. To the
suddenly awakened ''gobs" asleep below decks it sounded
like general quarters, with undue emphasis on the ''gen-
eral."

Then The Maui's siren was added to the mad chorus ;
and the rest of the dark hours passed sleeplessly. Dawn
around the army piers presented the picturesque scene of
swabs, brooms and all sorts of gear swung high in the
rigging.

'Twas a glorious day, indeed, for the watch that rated
liberty !

A draft of 470 enlisted men of the Navy was received
on board November 13th, including the Navy's represen-
tative fighters who were to compete in the King's Trophy

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FiiENCH Sailing on the Gironde River

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

bouts at London. These were later transferred to The
U. S. S. Dc Kalb, which was saiHng at an earlier date.

The Maui bade goodbye to New York, again, on No-
vember 20th, with a few less than 200 troops (special)
aboard, and headed for Brest. Despite the armistice, she
ran dark at night and kept the usual number of lookouts
and gun crews posted at all times.

Upon the receipt of radio orders, November 27th, she
headed south and east across the Bay of

J^^ " Biscay, bound for Bordeaux, France.

Newport * Arriving off Le Verdun, at 5 :42 o'clock
on the evening of the 29th, she dropped

anchor to wait for the flood tide.

The items of interest on the trip were : target practice
for the 6-inch batteries on the 27th; lots of turkey, cran-
berry sauce and pie on the 28th (Thanksgiving Day), and
an overwhelming sufficiency of unpleasant weather during
the entire voyage.

On the morning of the 30th, The Maui proceeded up
the Gironde river to the American docks at Bassens, just
outside of Bordeaux, and there tied up. At times the
shores were but a stone's throw distant and a number of
the crew taking advantage of a moment of sunshine,
obtained much photographic evidence of the impressive
scenery.

**Sad" news came aboard when The Maui reached the
docks ; no army stevedores were obtainable for the task of
unloading the large cargo. It was up to the crew to see
that the job was done. There was no other alternative.

Lieutenant Rasmussen, the Executive Officer, called
"the boys" together and put the facts before them. He
knew that it was not the most pleasant thing in the world

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"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

to have a 5,(X)0-ton cargo blocking the path to hberty in a
new port, but he assured the crew that everything possible
in their favor would be done. To this end a schedule was
worked out whereby the work was evenly divided, and the
liberty.

It was, unquestionably, the best that could be done, and

the crew knew it. They set to work that same evening the

r«, »^ ., ship docked, and by the time that they
When The Maui s ^ n « i >? .1

C M d were well under way the army men

Record ashore, whose duty it was to dispose of

the cargo as it reached the docks, realized
that they were going to be busy. In fifty working hours
the ship was cleared of a cargo it had taken stevedores in
Hoboken six days to load; even as it had taken stevedores
in France six days to unload similar cargoes.

On the evening of December 3rd a number of Amer-
ican Red Cross nurses and Army telephone operators, on
duty near Bassens, were entertained in the wardroom.
The officers of The Maui were hosts, the Army supplied
the music and everyone in general contributed to a merry
American evening aboard.

Although each return trip had marked the embarkation
of a comparatively small number of sick and wounded
troops, the departure from Bordeaux on December 6th
was the first made with a full load. There were 2,160 on
board.

After leaving the docks at Bassens the ship proceeded
down the Gironde to anchorage off the United States Naval
Air Station at Pauillac, there to await the next flood tide.
Anchor was weighed next day, December 7th.

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Dancing on Deck
A Spray Over the Fo'c'sle

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

Not many complimentary remarks can l)e made with
regard to the weather encountered on the homeward pas-
sage. Heavy seas and high winds were
Among First general at the time, according to reports

A^Itite received in New York, and most of the

ships at sea were delayed. But on the last
night out the moon struggled through the barrier of clouds,
the wind died down and the seas subsided to a rolling swell.
It was more like a home coming for soldiers should have
been.

On this last night out the troops were restless. Many
of them spurned sleep entirely, and even in the very early
morning hours the rails were generously lined with the
returning "crusaders."

Navesink Light was sighted at 5:50 o'clock an the
morning of December 17th. The word spread quickly
below decks, and when Ambrose Lightship — the familiar
outpost of the Homeland — hove into view, bearing 20°, at
6:15 o'clock the decks were swarming with the wearers
of khaki.

One might imagine, naturally enough, that at this junc-
ture there was wild cheering and other loud expressions of
rejoicing. On the contrary, there was almost complete
silence. Only the faces turned westward bespoke the
happiness of the hour.

When the pilot came aboard just before 8:00 o'clock,
he brought with him several large bundles of newspapers.
This was the signal for noise, and noise there was from
that time on.

New York had figured that The Maui would be delayed
by the storm longer than was really the case. Subsequently
the arrival was somewhat of a surprise, but a hastily or-

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"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

ganized reception committee, aboard a police boat, met her
just inside ''The Narrows." A band was playing- ''Smiles.'^

Troops cheered long and loudly; sirens and whistles
screamed a welcome; from the top of skyscrapers millions
of scraps of white fluttered down like a shower of kindly
wishes; fire tugs shot streams of water skyward; ferry-
boat passengers tried their best to be heard and seen, and
folks ashore paused long enough to wave handkerchiefs.

Thus The Maui came home after the armistice, one of
the very first loaded troopships to arrive. For approxi-
mately three thousand men she had ''made good" that
famous slogan born in the trenches: "Heaven, Hell or
Hoboken by Christmas."

Gloom again! The news made its way around that
December 24th had been set as the next
Prospects of sailing date. It does not take a mathe-

Christmas Day i-,^atician to figure that this meant Christ-
mas at sea. But somebody's prayers must
have been answered. Tlic Maui did not sail again until
December 26th.

This particular sailing is worthy of a cartoon by the
man who originated the "Gr-a-a-a-nd and Glo-o-orious
Feelin' " saying, for The Maui adorned the nights with
lights above deck, and one might smoke in the open after
dusk, without danger of betraying the safety of "all hands
and the ship's cook," to say nothing of the ship. Too, the
extra submarine lookout watches were eliminated from the
calendar of daily (and nightly) events, and there was
nothing against retiring without a life preserver for a
pillow.

The Maui greeted the new year at sea with her siren.
Officers and crew joined in with a parade in which much
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FOCS'LE OF U. S. S. MAUI
Showing Broken Windlass

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK'*

singing and the banging of tin instruments (never meant
for music) played conspicuous parts.

On January 3rd, J. Peden, machinist's mate first class,
suffered light abrasions about the neck and shoulders when
a portion of his clothing caught on a cotter key protruding
from the counter shaft on a high pressure turbine.

Belle Isle Lightship was sighted early on January 4th,
and late that afternoon The Maui stood in for La Pallice,

where anchor was dropped for the night.
Anchor Lost gj^^ proceeded next morning toward Bor-

E^fk^'""****^ deaux and again anchored, off Point De

Grave, to await the flood tide. While she
lay at anchor The U. S. S. Wilhelmina, also of the Matson
line, passed on her way out to sea. The Wilhelmina took
The Maui's mail for the States. The French pilot came
aboard that night.

Next morning during the process of weighing anchor,
the worm gear wheel on the windlass broke and the gear
case split. The port anchor and twenty fathoms of chain
were lost.

Proceeding to the American docks at Bassens, outside
of Bordeaux, The Maui tied up at pier No. 2. On January
13th she moved to pier No. L This time in Bordeaux the
crew did not have to unload the cargo.

To the music of a large army band on the docks, home-
ward bound troops, to the number of 3,068, filed aboard
over three gangways on the 14th, and at 3:05 A. M., on
the morning of the 15th, The Maui, all clear, headed down
the Gironde River and stood out to sea. With her went the
tug Slocum to give any assistance necessary, in view of
the damage to The Maui's windlass.
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"IN CARE OF THE POSTM,ASTER, NEW YORK"

On her previous three passages in and out of Bordeaux,
it had been necessary for The Maui to take advantage of
two flood tides. This time she made a record, passing out
to sea without stopping from the time she left the dock at
Bassens. Going through Passe du Norde she scraped
bottom hghtly six times.

In view of the inconvenience of bad weather to the
troops on the preceding homeward passage, a southerly

course was decided upon this time, and on

Home via January 16th the Pyrenees mountains,

ou em oule ^jyi^jj^g- Spain and France, were plainly

visible, to port, as the ship rounded that
projection of the former country which marks the southern
terminus of the Bay of Biscay. On January 18th The
Maui passed between the islands of St. Miguel and St.
Maria, in the Azore group, running for several hours
along the coast of the former, at five or six miles distant.

Until the last night out sunshine, mild winds and calm
seas held full sway, offering a period of welcome relaxation
to the troops. Catholic and Protestant services were held
on deck on Sunday, and toward the end of the trip — when
the moon rose late — a screen was rigged up for open air

During the voyage — on January 22nd — T. L. Johnson,
machinist's mate first class, was slightly injured when his
clothing fouled on a counter gear. On the same day an
object resembling a mine was fired at with small arms.
It was later discovered to be an empty paint drum.

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"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

Arrival was made in New York on the afternoon of

January 25th, and, as on the preceding trip, a loud welcome

was given by harbor craft to the returning

New York troops. The official reception committee

a Welcome ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ accompanied the ship to her

pier, where Red Cross nurses, Y. M. C. A.,
K. of C, Salvation Army and Jewish Welfare representa-
tives, together with a large Army band, added the final
touches to the homecoming.

Ernest E. Fitzpatrick, seaman second class, fell a dis-
tance of thirty feet in one of the hatches on January 26th.
He was injured to the extent of slight contusions and
laceration of the left elbow and left thigh.

A band of fifteen pieces was sent to The Maui from the
Receiving Ship at New York, January 28th. Lieutenant
Rasmussen was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant Com-
mander on February 1st, and The Maui sailed again on
the 2nd, for Brest, this time carrying no cargo.

February 10th came, and in passing left its sting.

During the night of the 9th, and early next morning
the wind was shifting, increasing steadily to a moderate
gale. A number of men under Lieutenant James Marmion,
First Lieutenant of the ship, went forward on the forecastle
to unship the ventilators. Up to this time only spray had
been coming over.

About 8.45 o'clock a heavy sea broke about one point
on the starboard bow. There was a lurch ;
Huge Sea Takes a roar as tons of water swept over the
Heavy Toll. forward deck — then the cry of "Man

overboard'' !
Both engines were put at full speed astern and Lieu-
tenant Commander Edwards ordered the Executive Officer
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to lower lifeboat No. 10. The boat was immediately
manned and made ready for lowering, but "Captain"
Edwards, at this juncture, realized that there was great
danger of the rescuing party's boat capsizing in the heavy
seas and countermanded the order. He saw an excellent
opportunity of heaving the ship to, to windward of the men.

Meanwhile life buoys and jackets had been thrown in
numbers to the men in the water. One of the men, later
identified as Boatswain (T.) Edgar J. Rumpf, U. S. N.,
sank about three minutes after being washed overboard
without being able to avail himself of any of them. It was
evident that he had been injured when the sea struck him.

The other, recognized as A. J. Rousseau, Coxswain,
U.S.N., was fighting a game fight. Encumbered though he
was by oil skins, he coolly matched his strength against the
onslaught of water. Several times he reached for a life
preserver close l)y him, but each time it was washed beyond
his finger tips.

Captain Edwards, with the utmost skill, maneuvered

the ship alongside of the struggling man, but the latter —

r\i£. ^^^" ^" these few minutes — was fast los-
Executive Officer . -^ ^j^^ ^^^^^^ ^ .^^^ ^j^^ ^^^^^ 3^_

Attempts Rescue. .. . ,, , ,1 1 r 1 •

lievmg that the only means of savmg hmi

lay in reaching him with a line, bending it around him and
hauling him aboard, Lieutenant Commander Rasmussen
slid down one of the ship's trailing lines, dropped into the
water and swam to the drowning man.

With Rousseau in one hand he grasped a trailing line
with the other as he came up alongside the ship, and strove
to get a bowline around the exhausted sailor. But Rous-
seau did not seem to hear Lieutenant Commander Ras-
mussen when the latter shouted his intention, or was too

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BOATSWAIN-WARRANT, MR. RUMPH
Lost at Sea During Storm, February, 1919

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

far gone to heed. He grasped his rescuer around the waist
and held tightly until a sea swept him away.

Meanwhile, Ensign (T.) James A. Pentz, U.S.N., with-
out a line about him, had dived from the boat deck in an
effort to assist the Executive Officer. But as he came to the
surface a wave caught and hurled him past the point where
Lieutenant Commander Rasmussen was clinging to the
line with Coxswain Rousseau. His hand touched the latter
as he was swept by ; at the same time Rousseau was washed
from the hands of the Executive Officer and disappeared
from view.

Finally Ensign Pentz was washed close enough along-
side the ship to grasp a line lowered to him, and both offi-
cers, completely exhausted from the cold and the violence
of the seas, were hauled aboard and given immediate medi-
cal attention.

While this rescue was being attempted, others were

striving hard to right, to the best of their power, the harm

done on the forecastle. The sea, in its

rive ^^" passing, left five men inert and helpless

ous y where they had been working.

Stretcher bearers bent over one young
chap who seemed to be in great pain, although silent.

"Don't, fellows," he said, "never mind me. Get the
officer first." Then his eyes closed and unconsciousness
relieved him.

The officer he meant was Lieutenant Marmion, who
had been caught in the anchor cable. He was unconscious
and bleeding profusely.

The other injured men removed to the sick bay were:
Warrant Gunner P. L. Boore, who had suffered a deep
laceration of the scalp; T. B. Bresnahan, seaman second

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LIEUTENANT MARMION

Killed at Sea by Storm

"IN C.-IRE Oh- THE POSTMASTER, N E IV YORK"

class, dislocation of the left knee, and Jones H. Austen,
seaman second class, with fracture of left femur.

The lad whose thoughts were for an officer first, was
Valdimer Lindgren, seaman. He had sustained fractures
of the tibia and fibula in both legs.

All hands were mustered at 10 o'clock that eventful

morning. Boatswain E. J. Rumpf and Coxswain A. J.

Rousseau were reported absent from mus-

Lt. Mannion ^^^ -^j^at afternoon, at 2 :07 o'clock, Lieu-

uccmn s rom ^^^^^^ Marmion, without having regained

consciousness, died from a fractured skull

and traumatic amputation of the lower left leg.

Powder boxes on the starboard side of the forecastle,
and life raft groups at No. 2 hatch had been torn loose
when the sea struck ; No. 2 and No. 3 lookout houses were
carried away; ventilators were crushed; one stateroom
door was broken in; both ladders from the forecastle to
the boat deck were washed away and the port bulkhead
window to the w^ardroom, with storm port attached, was
smashed in. The wardroom was flooded.

C. R. Nelson, chief commissary steward, who was on
duty in the galley at the time the sea came aboard, was
thrown against a copper and suffered contusion of the
left eye.

On February 11th, the ship's complement gathered
again in Compartment No. 8 for memorial services to
the absent shipmates.

Due to the fact that two of the men lost professed
the Protestant Faith and two the Catholic, the services
were a joint ritual, in so far as was possible. There were

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a few hymns and prayers, Chaplain Reagor reciting the
latter as a Protestant minister of the gospel, and Ensign
O'Toole, a former seminary student, leading the Rosary
and the Litany of the Sacred Heart. Lieutenant Com-
mander Ryan, who had been a shipmate
Memorial With the deceased Lieutenant Marmion on

Services for several ships and had long held great

^!^? ^ regard for- and appreciation of him, ex-

ipma es. pressed a beautiful tribute to the departed

officer. Then the bugler blew taps. Against the sides
of the ship the sea chanted its requiem.

Of the four men in the sick bay who were injured when
the sea came aboard, only one was pronounced as probably
fatal. This was Lindgren.

Medical officers reported that he was putting up a gal-
lant fight to live, and his fight became the fight of his ship-
mates. To them his gains and his losses were the one great
object of interest.

"Captain" Edwards visited him frequently, and caused
this entry to be made in his service record :

2/10/19 — Commended for bravery and gallant conduct, when
injured in line of duty. While lying on deck with compound frac-
ture of both legs, he insisted upon stretcher bearers picking up an
injured officer first.

(Signed) W. F. M. Edwards.

Commanding The U. S. S. Maui. j

In addition. Captain Edwards also told the boy that he
would probably get a medal from the Navy Department.
Valdimer Lindgren was justly proud then.
InjuredLad j^e kept smiling— and— fighting— until

Loses P*"^^ The Maui came within sight of France
ig o ve. again. Then, at 10:31 o'clock on the
morning of February 13th, his career of eighteen years
came to a close.

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A. J. ROUSSEAU

V: LINDGREN

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK"

Although the men themselves, perhaps, do not consider
it in just this light, it has long been a popular tradition that
among shipmates there exists a bond of fellowship which
is rarely equalled the world around.

It is a true tradition, and these four men who were
claimed by the sea had been ''shipmates'' in the fullest sense
of the word. To remember them meant something far
more than simply the recollection that they had once
worked and lived and sailed together for a time, with those
who remained, merely because fate had seen fit to decree
that all these trails should cross in the Big Adventure of
Life.

From the Commanding Officer to the last member of
the crew there was renewed heaviness of heart when
Seaman Lindgren lost in his plucky struggle against odds.

Upon The Maui's arrival in ''Sunny France," it was
raining, as usual. The ship tied up to a buoy in Brest
harbor to await the embarkation of homeward-bound
troops.

Before embarkation, however, it was The Mains lot
to participate in an event of current history — President
Wilson's departure from his first trip to France since the
war had closed. This event took place on February 15th.

On the night of the 14th the President's ship, The
U. S. S. George Washington, steamed out from her berth
inside the breakwater and dropped anchor
The Maui Joins several hundred yards from The Maui.
President" ^"^ ^^^ super-dreadnaught Nezv Mexico, as-
signed to escort duty of the Presidential
party, lay approximately the same distance in another
direction, and in the vicinity smaller French and American

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craft took positions to await the morrow. The French
Cruiser Condc and The U. S. S. Rochester, too, were
among the ships present. Exclusive of The George Wash-
ington itself, and The Rochester, which had shortly before
been assigned to transport duty, The Maui was the only
troopship present.

That mist-filled morning of February 15th found all
craft in the harbor in ''full dress" for the occasion: Be-
sides those which had been at anchorage outside the break-
water the night before, other vessels steamed out in the
morning and dropped anchor.

At 10 o'clock Captain's Inspection was held on The
Maui. At 10:55 o'clock the guns on Le Chateau (Julius
C?esar's old fort overlooking the entrance to the city)
boomed forth the presidential salute of twenty-one guns.
The echoes were still crashing back and forth across the
hill-encircled harbor when the French tug carrying Pres-
ident Wilson and his party stood out from the inner harbor,
at 1 1 o'clock, and passed close to starboard of The Maui,
en route to The George Washington. The rail was manned
and due honors paid.

The French men-o'-war opened their salute at 1 1 :02
o'clock, and a few minutes later The Conde and a French
gunboat, acting as a part of the escort, got under way.

As the Commander-in-Chief boarded The George
Washington at 11:15 o'clock, that ship ran up the presi-
dential ensign and fired her salute, which was answered
by The Nezv Mexico and The Rochester.

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Taiiv H.wt: Thh.m in France

On the Beach at St. Nazaire

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The Nezi) Mexico and Destroyers 127, 143 and 118

undressed ship at 1:19 o'clock and got under way. One

minute later The George Washington

Transport Starts ^^eiglied anchor. With the Presidential

P^rLfdelTwnl^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ foremast flapping gallantly in
the drizzle, she passed The Maui at 1 :28
o'clock. The troops lining her rails gave vent to a cheer
or two, then she steamed out through the gray day to the
sea, on the trail of her escort.

Next morning The Maui proceeded inside the break-
water to the docks, and at 10:10 o'clock the embarkation
of troops began. By 1 o'clock that afternoon a total of
69 officers and 3,410 enlisted men had been taken aboard.
At 3 :45 o'clock the return trip started. Without unusual
incident in passage, arrival was made at Hoboken on
February 28th.

Two of the 6-inch guns, one of the forward battery
and one of the after battery, were removed on March 3rd,
marking the first reduction in armament since the cessa-
tion of hostilities.

Departure was taken from Hoboken again on March
7th, and arrival made in Brest on March 17th.

The ship lay at anchor overnight and next morning
moved into the docks. She departed on the westward trip
early that same afternoon carrying 3,558 Army passengers.

Lieutenant Sandelin was advanced to the rank of Lieu-
tenant Commander on March 22nd.

On the morning of March 28th, in Lat. 36° 50' N., and
Long. 65° 02' W., lookouts sighted wreckage dead ahead.
The Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Rasmussen,
was ordered by the Commanding Officer to take charge of
the ship's boat. With a relief party he proceeded to inves-
tigate the nature of the derelict and to effect the rescue of
survivors should there be any aboard.

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The investigating- party learned that the wreckage was

the poop and cabin of a saiUng vessel, broken in two. The

letters L E N X were made out on the

Derelict Sighted ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ figures 24-10 over 24-03

RltiJpIrt ^^ ^'^"^ ^^'^^ ^''^^ ^'^^ ^^'^^^ written in pen-
cil on the taffrail, and in several places

the name ''Charles Lenox." These facts gave rise to the

belief that the derelict was The Charles Lenox.

Evidence comprising a small stock of provisions lashed
to the wreckage told the story of survivors adrift on the ill-
fated sailing vessel, for a time at least. Whether they had
perished or had been rescued by another vessel it was
impossible to ascertain definitely.

The boxes in which the provisions were found were
marked "Applegate Grocery Co." and "Panama City Gro-
cery Co., Panama City, Florida." From this it was de-
duced that The Charles Lenox had sailed from Panama
City.

While the party under Lieutenant Commander Ras-
mussen was yet at work, the wind showed steady increase
and the sea became choppy. All during the day the gale
gained and by evening The Maui was struggling, with
greatly impaired speed, through heavy seas and high winds.
During the night hail squalls were frequent, accompanied
by a great drop in temperature.

The next day found a fresh west northwest gale with
continued rough seas and occasional light snowfalls.

This heavy weather delayed arrival by one day, and it
was not until late on the evening of April 30th that Am-
brose Lightship w^as sighted. Due to the fact that the
anchor windlass, lost going into Bordeaux several trips
previous, had not been replaced, it w^as impossible to pro-
ceed to anchorage that night, and the ship hove to outside

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the channel until early next morning-, when she moved into
Pier No. 4, at Hoboken.

After the troops had debarked, The Maui moved that
same afternoon (March 30th) to the Brooklyn Navy Yard
and there went into dry dock.

Plans which had been formulated en route to New
York this last trip, for ''One Big Time" in remembrance
of ''Maui Days," materialized on the night of April 4th in
a ball at the Hotel Astor for officers and crew.

The program called it ''The Maui's Grand Victory
Ball"; and it was that for victory means success and the
affair at the Hotel Astor was as successful
Officers and ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^-j ^^ j^j^^ j^^^^^ herself had

rew om in ^^^^^ -^ ^-^^ ^^j^ ^^ ^ transatlantic troop-
ship during the preceding months.

This Victory Ball embodied all the details of a ball,
in that there was music, dancing, punch, luncheon and d,
Grand March for the enjoyment of the entire ship's com-
plement and their guests, together with several special
features by professional entertainers, various souvenirs
and rather stunning bouquets for the ladies. But in the
spirit of the affair there was something infinitely bigger
than an evening's pleasure, trimmed in formality.

The Grand March, led by Captain Edwards and Mrs.
G. K. Downs, terminated in a masse formation for the
benefit of a photographer. Thus the event went on record.

For neither officers nor crew was there any expense
attached to the occasion. The financial side of the ball was
settled entirely from the ship's welfare fund.

On the following day (April 5th) the ship moved from
dry dock to Pier No. 3, Hoboken. A broken propeller
blade had been replaced with a new one, the anchor wind-
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lass had been repaired and the ship's bottom scraped and
painted. Too, the last of the 6-inch guns had been
removed.

Lieutenant Commander Edwards, having been granted
a thirty-day leave of absence, beginning the 5th, the com-
mand was taken over temporarily by Lieutenant Com-
mander Rasmussen, the Executive Officer. Lieutenant
Commander Sandelin became Executive Officer and his
former duties as Navigating Officer were taken over by
Ensign V. R. Hood. Lieutenant Commander Edwards
left New York City on April 7th for his home in Cali-
fornia.

The Maui sailed from Hoboken again on April 10th.
One week later The U. S. S. George Washington, en
route to Brest to transport President
Vice Admiral Wilson home from the Peace Conference,
tIT^m* ^***®* passed four miles to starboard. Her
F % ^f" F \ passing was of more than casual interest
because of the fact that one of the pas-
sengers aboard her was Vice Admiral Albert Cleaves,
United States Navy, commanding the Cruiser and Tran-
sport Force, of which The Maui was a member.

On the day prior to the passing of The George Wash-
ington, radio operators on The Maui had "hstened in" on
one of the former vessel's tests in transmitting music by
wireless telephone.

Course was changed on the night of April 18th to clear
a stray mine reported by radio to be on The Maui's track.

Belle Isle Light was sighted on Easter Sunday morn-
ing. Late in the afternoon The Maui proceeded up the
Loire River and anchored just outside St. Nazaire. She
passed into the locks shortly before 9 o'clock that evening.
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"Captain" and Executive Officer Shooting Clay Pigeons

Sunset in Brest, France
U. S. Destroyer in Bay at Brest

"IN CARE OF THE POSTMASTER, NEW YORK*'

The trip over had marked considerable baseball ac-
tivity on deck, and in the course of events the ''Deep Sea
League" had been organized. It was only natural, then,
with clear, warm weather holding full sway, that the fever
contracted should find some outlet. Chaplain Reagor ar-
ranged with Army authorities of the port for three auto
trucks, and baseball teams and fans fared forth to battle.

Two five-inning games were played that afternoon,
April 22nd, on the diamond at the United States Em-
barkation Camp, just outside of St. Na-
Springtime in ^^j^.^ j^^ Hospital Corpsmen triumphed
^^^ * over the Supply Division outfit by a score

of 5 to 1, and the Armed Guard Aggre-
gation, with a brilliant rally in the waning stages of their
game with the Deck Force nine, came out on the big end of
a 6 to 5 tally.

Carrying 104 Army Officers and 3,520 enlisted men,
comprising the 109th Infantry of the 28th Division (part
of "Philadelphia's Own"), The Maui left St. Nazaire late
on the afternoon of April 22nd, and anchored overnight
in Quiberon Bay, proceeding on the westward voyage
early next morning.

The homeward passage terminated at Philadelphia on
May 3rd. It was the first trip since early in her navy
career, that The Maiti returned to the States without
Army patients.

Her entry into the ''Quaker City" was responsible for
a great ovation on the part of Philadelphians to their
"Dandy First," of the "Iron Division."

The Philadelphia newspapers, in their account of the
arrival, gave The Maui credit for "breaking all speed
records up the Delaware," and were also authority for the

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Good Bye Frenchy

Pastime En Route Home

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Statement given then as an official announcement from
port officials) that The Maui broke all records for the de-
barkation of troops at any port. In reviewing this point,
the ship was accredited with having also held the former
record.

The Philadelphia record was based upon the debarka-
tion of 3,614 men in 39 minutes. This was at variance
with the former record by slightly more than an hour.

So far as ''breaking all speed records up the Delaware"
is concerned, only the Navy 'planes and dirigible and an
S. C. boat managed to keep the pace The Maui set in pass-
ing up the river. The various small craft, bearing thou-
sands of welcomers, trailed far astern.

Immediately upon the debarkation of the troops at the
78th Street pier, The Maui moved to Pier No. 16, at the
foot of Dock Street.

Lieutenant Commander Edwards returned to the ship
on May 6th, and again assumed command.

After four days in port The Maui put to sea again on
May 7th.

On the night of May 12th course was changed to avoid
the schooner Mabel, reported abandoned in I.at. 43^ 26 N.,
Long. 39° 10' W.

The Maui arrived in the harbor at Brest on the after-
noon of May 17th, and within three hours and forty
minutes had taken aboard 3,512 troops
Another Com- ^^^ started home. It was her record
Efficient" embarkation, and it brought this radio

^' message from the Commander of the

Naval Forces in France:

The U. S. S. Maui — Commander of naval forces in France con-
gratulates The Maui on the expeditious manner in which troops

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TROOPS AT NAVY BAND CONCERT, U. S. S. MAUI

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were taken on board and the preparations made which enabled her
to make so quick a turn around.

(Signed) Halstead.

During the entire trip a keen watch was kept for the
three Navy seaplanes engaged in their attempt to cross the
Atlantic, via the Azores, and for the plane of the aviator
Harry Hawker who made an imsuccessful effort to fly
direct from Newfoundland to the British Isles.

The Maui arrived in Newport News, Va., on May 27th,
and after the debarkation of troops moved to the Norfolk
Navy Yard to take on supplies for the next voyage.

This skeletonized account of her progress went to press
before departure was made upon the eleventh voyage, and
necessarily the narrative must end here in favor of a brief
summarization of statistics and a bit of general informa-
tion.

From the time the ship was commissioned up to this
period. The Maui had transported to and from France a
total (very close approximate) of 32,000 troops. Of this
number slightly more than one-third were taken to French
ports in the four trips which the ship made prior to the
establishment of the armistice; to be exact, 11,104. The
other twenty thousand-odd were returned to the United
States from France.

Exclusive of the immense cargo brought to the United
States from South America, just prior to her commission-
ing, she carried an aggregate of about 35,000 tons of
cargo, eastbound. With the exception of mail no cargo
was carried to the United States from Europe.

The successful career of the vessel in the transport
service was due in a large part to the respective abilities
of her several Commanding Officers. They have, as this
account shows, been three in number : Captain C. A. Abele,

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U. S. Navy; Captain C. S. Freeman, U. S. Navy; and
Commander W. F. M. Edwards, U.S.N.R.F.

The latter was best known in connection with the ship,
due to the fact that he had been with her in the merchant
service and had been longest in command on board her in
the naval service.

Aside from his oft proven ability, he was a man of that

sort of appreciative and sympathetic nature which won

for him not only the respect and high

Another Ad- esteem of his crew but also unanimous

^'The'sT^eJ** ^^^^ ^'^^- ^^^ ^^"^^ "^^^ advanced to
ippe . Commander on May 13, 1919.

At the time of the completion of the tenth voyage.
The Maui was (and had been for some months) back in
the hands of those who had charge of her operations in
the merchant service. They were seafaring men, through
and through, which means that they knew ships and the
sea — and men.

A point of especial interest is constructed around the
fact that The Maui, despite her share of engine trouble
and the record that she was forced to turn back toward
the States for a short time on her first trip across the
Atlantic has never failed to reach an established destina-
tion.

This is true only because of the masterful efficiency
of the Engineering Officer, Lieutenant Commander Alex-
ander Ryan and his force.

As the Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Ras-
mussen (succeeding Commander E. B. Woodworth in
October, 1918) was a champion of the men under him and
by them was considered as such in matters pertaining to
their wants, needs and welfare in general.

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The success of the Medical Department, under Lieu-
tenant Paul Keller until he was relieved from duty on
May 28th, 1919, was little short of remarkable.

Transportation of so many thousand men, under con-
ditions necessarily to be confronted, presented a great
health problem on any ship. On The Maui the situation
was handled as these results show : four deaths among the
army personnel, including both great epidemics of in-
fluenza, and none among the crew, excepting those result-
ant from accident. These latter were five in number. One
soldier was lost by fatal submersion, at sea.

During the first influenza epidemic, in September, there
were thirty-five cases of influenza among the troops on
board at that time, and thirty-four among the crew. In
the second epidemic, in February, the Army had sixty-
seven cases and the crew nine.

Lieutenant Keller was aided on the various trips by
two or three other medical officers and by a capable crew
of hospital corpsmen.

In addition to the regular sick bay, which accommodated
thirty-four patients, two isolation wards were established

on the after main deck and later an addi-
Medical Depart- ^[^^^1 ^^d much larger isolation ward, for
men ** * pulmonary cases, was built above the

bridge deck. In addition, a large com-
partment below decks was equipped for the care of one
hundred mental cases.

Fresh air was the potent factor in combating the prev-
alent contagion, influenza. Cases which showed symptoms
of pneumonia complications were immediately removed to
the open air and there treated with the success shown.

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This "open air" treatment was that in every sense of
the word. The patients were estabHshed on the top-side
with a substantial canvas canopy for protection, and there
cared for to the Hmit of abiHty. Pure water, scrupulous
adherence to every rule of sanitation and frequent medical
inspections kept sickness in check at all times. Troops have
their own dispensary, separate in every respect from that
of the ship's complement.

The total of 7,682 patients had been returned to the
United States from France, and this in eight trips, distrib-
uted as follows: May (1918), 100; September, 374; No-
vember, 124; December, 2,354; January, 2,276; February,
1,213; March, 632, and May, 609.

Up to the date he was detached Lieutenant Howard F.
Council, U. S. Navy, was Ordnance and Gunnery Officer.
He was succeeded by Lieutenant J. W. Stewart, who h?s
acted in that capacity since that time.

Lieutenant Council had also had charge of communi-
cations, and upon his departure the re-
^^* ^**^ sponsibilities of Communication Officer

cl^iulDue'''™ ^^^^ ^"^"^^ ^^^^ ^^ Ensign R. E. Jones,
head of the Radio division of the ship.

Upon the death of Lieutenant Marmion, the duties of
First Lieutenant were taken over by Lieutenant A. K.
Westerberg and very successfully carried out.

Lieutenant Vernon H. Wheeler, U. S. Navy, was The
Maui's first paymaster, and continued in that office. The
commissary end of the Supply Department was supervised
by Ensign (P.C) P. R. Griffin.

From the minute he reported on board for duty (Au-
gust 26, 1918) Lieutenant (j.g.) William P. Reagor, Act-
ing Chaplain, was active for the interest of the ship's com-

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Fanning.

Dirigible Escort in War Zone.

Clearing the Deck After the Storm.

A Welcome Overhead Going Into Philadelphia

French Pilot Approaches

Crossing the Philadelphia Navy Yard

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plenient — not only from the spiritual viewpoint but the
physical side as well. He mixed sermons with sports and
got amazing results. When other navy chaplains or army
chaplains were transported, he worked with them con-
tinually toward the one big end, as he did with all welfare
organizations.

These latter were generously represented. Besides the
transient secretaries of the various established organiza-
tions, the ship was allotted permanent workers.

The pioneer of these was J. (''Jack") Hazard, of the
Y. M. C. A., who lost, besides other things, ''a job," when
The U. S. S. President Lincoln was torpedoed in Euro-
pean waters. ''Jack" knew everybody; everybody knew
"Jack." "Jack" liked everybody; everybody liked "Jack."
He and his movies almost became famous.

Later Mr. Hazard was joined by G. H. McFetridge, of
the Knights of Columbus ; N. Wilclins, of the Jewish Wel-
fare Board, and W. A. Ellis, of the American Red Cross.
Their individual and joint efforts bore the fruit of satisfac-
tion in the minds of the men they served.

Captain W. H. Miller, of the Army, was assigned to
the ship for a time as army personnel officer.

For the officers and crew of The Maui, during the war
and in the months w4iich followed the cessation of hostili-
ties, work came and in its passing each
^^^lll '* ^** ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ monument the record of an-
th* C^*" ^ Other job completed; play found its place
between the hours, and rest crept in be-
side them.

These were welded into a happy chain of memories —
though at times tedious in the construction — by the great
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hammer of companionship which is expressed in the word
''shipmates."

It was in order that shipmates might have a material
"something" to call to mind the events of their "cruise"
on The Maui that this small volume was arranged. That,
at least, was the primary purpose.

The other was this: that folks who had "Somebody"
on The Maui during those days and nights of endless vigi-
lance might have this collection of facts, fancies and photo-
graphs as a record of the long period when they knew
only that a letter or a parcel to that "Somebody" would
reach him, in due time — somehow — if sent

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OFFICERS

LINE:

Lt. Comdr. W. F. M. Edwards, U.S.N.R.F., Commanding Officer.

Lt. Comdr. J. A. Rasmussen, U.S.N.R.F., Executive Officer.

Lt. Comdr. A. Ryan, U.S.N.R.F., Chief Engineer.

Lt. E. H. Sandelin, U.S.N.R.F., Navigating Officer.
*Lt. H. F. Council!, U.S.N., Ordnance Officer.

Lt. R. W. Dunham, U.S.N.R.F., 1st. Asst. Engineer.
fLt. J. Marmion, U.S.N.R.F., First Lieutenant.

Lt. A. H. Westerberg, U.S.N.R.F., Watch & Division.

Lt. S. H. Robinson, U.S.N.R.F., Asst. Engineer.

Lt. J. W. Stewart, U.S.N.R.F., Ordnance.

Lt. (j.g.) E. C. Reed, U.S.N.R.F., Asst. Engineer.
*Lt. (j.g.) C. K. Patterson, U.S.N.R.F., Watch & Jr. Div.

Lt. (j.g.) J. T. Viegas, U.S.N.R.F., Asst. Engineer.

Ens. R. E. Jones, U.S.N.R.F., Communication & Radio.

Ens. V. R. Hood, U.S.N.R.F., Jr. Watch & Div.

Ens. J. T. Keegan, U.S.N.R.F., Jr. Watch & Division.
♦Ens. J. A. Pentz, U.S.N. (T.), Watch & Jr. Div.

Ens. W. J. O'Hara, U.S.N. (T.), Watch & Jr. Div.

Ens. E. L. Ladieu, U.S.N.R.F., Asst. Engineer.
*Ens. (T.) J. L. Kershaw, U.S.N., Asst. Engineer.
*Ens. E. F. Thrall, U.S.N.(T.), Asst. Engineer.
*Ens. J. W. Stirzell, U.S.N. (T.), Jr. Watch & Div.
*Ens. E. J. O'Toole, U.S.N. (T.), Jr. Watch & Div.
*Ens. L. A. Redmond, U.S.N. (T.), Jr. Watch & Div.
*Ens. W. F. Odenwald, U.S.N. (T.), Jr. Watch & Div.
*Ens. T. A. O'Connor, U.S.N. (T.), Jr. Watch & Div.
*Ens. C. E. Howland, U.S.N.R.F., Jr. Watch & Div.
*Ens. J. M. Keep, U.S.N.R.F., Jr. Watch & Div.

El. Gun. (T.) A. Degraw, U.S.N.

Ord. Gun. (T.) F. D. Boore, U.S.N.
tBts'n. (T.) E. J. Rumpf, U.S.N.

Carp. (T.) S. E. Vansant, U.S.N.

Detached.
Deceased.

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ROSTER OF OFFICERS AND CREW

STAFF

Lt. Paul Keller, M.C., U.S.N., Senior Medical Officer.

Lt W. E. Hennerich, M.C, U.S.N., Medical Officer.
*Lt. R. Clifford, M.C, U.S.N., Medical Officer.
*Lt. R. W. Lewis, M.C, U.S.N., Medical Officer.

Lt. R. Tainter, M.C, U.S.N., Medical Officer.

Lt. (j.g.) Frandsen, M.C, U.S.N.R.F., Medical Officer.

Lt. V. H. Wheeler, P.C, U.S.N., Supply Officer.

Ens. P. R. Griffin, P.C, U.S.N.R.F., Commissary Officer.

Ens. C B. Gosnell, P.C, U.S.N.R.F., Pay Office.

Lt. (j.g.) Wm. P. Reagor, CC, U.S.N. (T.), Chaplain.

Phar. (T.) F. R. Bork, U.S.N.

* Detached.

ROSTER OF

OFFICERS AND

C R E IV

CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS

On Board U. S. S. Maui, March 26, 1919

Anderson, W. PI ... CBM.

Kopp, Geo. W CQM.

Wilson, Ray C CBM.

Hathaway, J. W CQM.

Hammock, L. J CY.

Tuchmann, L. B CCM.

Noonan, Francis X CCM.

Bauchou, L. J CE.r.

Carlson, L. E CCStd.

Burns, Walter G CY.

Michel, B. V CY.

Cramer, Victor R CY.

Krogan, A. H CCM.

Macdonald, J CE.r.

Mulcay, Thomas E CY.

Moore, J. A CY.

Callo, S. J CY.

Trenchard, J. H CY.

Linton, J. S CY.

Sullivan, W. J CCM.

Nelson, R CCStd.

Mattingly, Claude CPM.

Allison, L. S CE.g.

Westbrook, T. W CMM,

Barger, J. C CWT.

Myers, E. L CE.g.

Campbell, J. B CMM.

Zerbe, F. O CMM.

Wallace, G. W CMM.

Cullen, T. H CWT.

Dopski, M CWT.

Jackson, G. L CMM.

Kenney, M. J CMM.

Appenseller, D. F CMM.

Bouschor, G. E CMM.

Riehl, R CWT.

McCartney, W. J ComStd.

Algar, W. H ComStd.

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ROSTER OF

OFFICERS AND

CREW

FIRST DIVISION

Austin, J. H Sea.

Abbott, G Sea.

Belt, T. A QM3c.

Bakle, W Sea.

Bond, N. E Sea.

Bozeman, C Sea.

Brawders, J Sea.

Bresnahan, T. B Sea.

Boudreaux, L. D Sea.

Bowen, C. A Sea.

Brewer, W Sea.

Brooks, C. A Sea.

Browning, E. K Sea.

Bundy, H. C Sea.

Burch, Grady Sea.

Carrithers, W. B Sea.

Cartish, G. S Sea.

Cass, J. H Sea.

Chandler, H. M Sea.

Cochran, O. M Bug.

Chartier, R. J Sea.

Cleveland, H. H Sea.

Dgucks, J Sea.

Donnelly, B. L Sea.

Donnelly, E Bug.

Frantz, E. F QM3c.

Gibbons, G Sea.

Grant, J. W Sea.

Hess, M. D Sea.

Johnson, B. F Sea.

Jones, S. G Cox.

Key, W. H Sea.

Lindgren, V Sea.

Longlais, J Sea.

Luscombe, R. L Sea.

Lynch, C. B Sea.

McBride, C. S Sea.

McCaipmond, C. D Sea.

McDevitt, J. P Sea.

Marks, A. R Sea.

Paul, C. E Sea.

Payne, R. C Sea.

Purcell, C. J Sea.

Rawles, A. E Cox.

Reiley, J. P Cox.

Richards, E. S Sea.

Rousseau, L. Z GM3c.

Rousseau, A. J Cox.

Ryan, L. S Cox.

Sneider, G. A Cox.

Sloan, P. W Sea.

Bilyou, R. G BMlc.

Bacchus, A. W QM3c.

Bloland, A. G Sea.

Callis, D. S QMlc.

Chaisty, E. J Sea.

DeLeon, W. F Sea.

Dykes, Guy Sea.

Esposito, J. J Sea.

Fogarty, W. L QM3c.

Johnson, J. R Sea.

Kriszcziokaitis, F. J Sea,

Lane, E. L Sea.

Lovell, T. J Sea.

Marvin, S. H Sea.

Smith, R Sea.

Stewart, R. S Sea.

Stout, J. B Sea.

Winters, B Sea.

Wishon, L. Sea.

Surtees, M. A Sea.

V/olfred, S. M Sea.

Writer, D Sea.

Yobb, J. B Sea.

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OFFICERS AND

CREW

SECOND DIVISION

Anderson, A. C Sea.

Ayres, B. N Sea.

Baldwin, C S Sea.

Baumgarten, R. F Sea.

Blank, E. J Sea.

Bogart, J. C Sea.

Bollinger, W. H Sea.

Bradley, E. L Sea.

Brogan, E. J Sea.

Cambridge, A. R Sea.

Carroll, J. P Sea.

Clark, F. W Sea.

Cleff, C. F Sea.

Clifford, H. R Sea.

Coleman, T. H Sea.

Collins, C. R Sea.

Conroy, E. P GM3c.

Copenhefer, G. L Sea.

Curtis, J. J Sea.

Dennis, H. A Sea.

Fennessey, P. A Sea.

Fitzpatrick, E. E Sea.

Hall, C. L Sea.

Hall, Carl Sea.

Hepp, C. C Sea.

Hornseth, P. J Sea.

Janney, W. I Sea.

Johnson, F. E Sea.

Johnson, Ole Sea.

Kane, J. F Sea.

Kane, J. S Sea.

Kazee, P Sea.

Keel, O. J Sea.

Kelley, R. B Sea.

Labit, W. K Sea.

Latimer, M. A Sea.

Levy, Max Sea.

Light, L. C GMlc.

Lucian, T. B BM2c.

McCulIohs, T Sea.

McGuire, M. P Sea.

Manasco, F. E Sea.

Martinson, E. A Sea.

Martratt, C. A Cox.

Minnich, H. F Sea.

Parrish, J. A QM2c.

Pierce, R. B Sea.

Reese, W. L Bug.

Robertson, A. A Sea.

Snodgrass, T. H Sea.

Sprouse, S. E Cox.

Tanney, E. J Sea.

Timmerman, C. E Sea.

Warnock, L Sea.

Wert, R. E Sea.

Brannan, D. W Sea.

Bennett, W. A Sea.

Kahn, J QM'3c.

Long, R. B Sea.

Layman, U. D Sea.

Lloyd, W. C Sea.

Loeffler, A. P BMlc.

McCarthy, W. A QM2c.

O'Brien, J. E Sea.

Price, A. A Cox.

Rew, R. M Sea.

Stanley, J. A Cox.

Walz, H. S Sea.

Warehime, W. S BM2c.

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ROSTER OF

OFFICERS AND

CREW

ENGINEER'S FORCE

Armstrong, E. E Flc.

Arterburn, E. W Flc.

Bolcer, J. H F2c.

Barth, L. C F3c.

Baust, M. E E3c.g.

Becker, B. J F3e.

Bell, J. W E3c.g.

Bown, J. K Elc.g.

Boyer, H. J MMlc.

Brittain, G. E F3c.

Burke, T. B.. MM2c.

Burner, W. H F2c.

Carnes, S Flc.

Christie, F. E Flc.

Christensen, E. I MMlc.

Collard, P. F F3c.

Currie, G. E F2c.

Cutchall, C. A F3c.

Chandler, D. B F3c.

Daley, G. E MMlc.

Dean, E. H Flc.

Dunn, P. J MMlc.

Dunnivan, H. B Csmth.lc.

Feuerstein, W F3c.

Free, H. T E2c.g.

Geyer, A. J F3c.

Gallagher, J. E., Jr F2c.

Greensmith, W. J F2c.

Grover, O. E F2c.

Hall, J. D F2c.

Higbie, H. E F3c.

Johnson, G. W F3c.

Johnson, J. O Elc.g.

Kennedy, R. L MMlc.

Kiley, H. M F2c.

Knussman, W F2c.

Lundergan, E. J F3c.

Mclntire, J. W Flc.

Mock, L. R MM2c.

McCarty, B. A F3c.

Meek, L. W F3c.

Meehan, N. J F3c.

Martinez, P. A F3c.

Morley, T. B Flc.

Osborne, G. A E2c.g.

Osteman, E. E MMlc.

Peeden, J MM2c.

Rice, W. E F2c.

Patterson, R. J Flc.

Park, L F3c.

Shea, M. P Flc.

Sartwell, W. A F3c.

Schabilion, C. E Flc.

Schabilion, H. A Flc.

Gardella, J. F MMlc.

Curtis, L. E ...WT.

Elliott, F. H WT.

Fonfereck, J. P WT.

Jones, E. D MMlc.

McCrodden, E. E MM2c.

Mclnally, J MMlc.

Middlecoff, J MMlc.

Morris, P. D MM2c.

Roberts, N MM2c.

Walters, A. A F2c.

Hardacker, W. D F3c.

Bates, G. R Bsmth

Johnson, I. L MMlc.

Sublich, P. H Flc.

Smith, W. B Flc.

Schroyer, C. B F2c.

Schaidt, J. F F3c.

Tulloch, C E2c.g.

Walker, G. J F2c.

Westman, H. F F3c.

Wiggon, A. F E2c.g.

Yahres, A. L F3c.

Smith, A. F Bmkr.

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ROSTER OF

OFFICERS AND

CREW

MEDICAL CORPS

Allen, A. H HAlc.

Barrett, M. N PhM3c.

Beard, H. J PhMlc.

Billiter, A. H PhM3c.

Bourdeau, J. M PhM2c.

Brown, R. O PhM3c.

Buck, F. D HAlc.

Butler, K. L HAlc.

Frost, W. R HA2c.

Forman, R HAlc.

Furnstahl, A PhM3c.

Grosman, A. P HA2c.

Hocker, A. G HAlc.

Houle, A. E HAlc.

Hughes, L. W HAlc.

Harkins, E. W PhMlc.

Headrick, R. C PhM3c.

Jacobson, E. W HA2c.

Kelly, T. L HA2c.

Kingman, E. O HAlc.

Keoster, J. E HAlc.

Koons, J. R HAlc.

Kundert, C. L HA2c.

Leshanski, M. A HAlc.

Magnuson, A. W HAlc.

Manegold, R. C HAlc.

Mason, H. W HA2c.

Miller, F HA2c.

Osborne, D. B PhMlc.

Ross, J. B PhMlc.

Watson, T. E PhM2c.

Wiest, J. H PhM3c.

Works, L PhM2c.

Anderson, J. W HA2c.

Houlet, H. J PhM3c.

Baker, S. B HAlc.

Brubaker, G. G HA2c.

Beadle, F. I HAlc.

Berg, C. L HAlc.

Bergman, O PhM2c.

Boles, B. J HA2c.

Blanchard, C HA2c.

Bowers, W. J HAlc.

Christofferson, H HAlc.

MacMasters, F. J PhM2c.

Roche, F. N PhM2c.

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ROSTER OF

OFFICERS AND

CREW

SUPPLY DIVISION

Akers, F. R SC3c.

Anderson, O. M SC3c,

Arndt, W. F Y2c.

Blomeyer, C. F Y2c.

Brooner, E. A SC4c.

Byrd, T. H SF2c.

Binder, H. G Ptr2c.

Carson, L. B Y2c.

Connell, S. R > Y2c.

Cramer, V. R Ylc.

Curren, J. W SC3c.

Daniels, T. H SC3c.

DeCastro, M MAtt3c.

DeLaCruz, G M Att3c.

DeGuzman, Y MAtt3c.

DeRienzo, H Ptr2c.

Geiss, L Bkr2c.

Gelb, L. L Bkrlc.

Gould, M CM3c.

Grogan, C. A SC3c,

Gast, H. J SC4c.

Hickerson, P Bkr2c.

Hayden, C. A E3c.r.

Harbin, J. P SC3c.

Jacobson, O. A SClc.

Johnson, G. V E2c.r.

Kasson, D MAtt3c.

Kinnear, W. H SF2c.

Lebrecht, H SC3c.

Lovell, J. L Y3c.

McCauley, R. S SC2c.

Mahoney, F. J MAttlc.

McKenna, J. F Y2c.

Miller, J CabCk.

Moore, H. S., Jr Sc2c.

Magnetivo. G. S M Att2c.

Nichols, C. H CabCk.

Covitz, H. G E3cr,

Crenshaw, J. H MAttlc.

Estes, E CabCk.

Fiorentino, M MAtt3c.

Foley, T MAttlc.

Galloway, T SC3c.

Gilliam, G. C MAttlc.

Glassman, E Stkr2c.

Harris, J. A M Att3c.

Howard, J. G M Att3c.

Hughes, L. M MAttlc.

Jackson, F MAttlc.

Kelley, H. P SC4c.

Kennedy, W. P WR.Std.

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Oddo, J. A MAtt2c.

Palminteri, C MAtt2c.

Rodman, J MAttlc.

Roedell, A. W Bkrlc.

Sullivan, W. J SFlc.

Smyer, B. F SC4c.

Shapiro, S SC2c.

Toppins, F. E, J E3c.r.

Tisdale, H. L Bkrlc.

Weber, E. S E3c.r.

Williams, E MAttlc.

Archie, F. D MAtt3c.

Boyd, W. A MAtt3c.

Britenbach, C. J Bkrlc.

Busch, A MAtt2c.

Butcher, E. O SC3c.

Bynum, F. B Ylc.

Bisbines, L. C WRStd.

Barden, J. A SFlc.

Bonnert, A. G Stkr3c.

Campion, L. P Bkr2c.

Collie, H. J MAttlc.

Cormany, W. G SC3c.

King, E SC4c.

Korej wa, W SC4c.

Kraton, D. C WR.Std.

Krausse, A. E CM2c.

Larson, W. W SC3c.

Lawrence, D. S Ylc.

Lefkovitz, H SC4c.

Lynch, W. P SC4c.

Mangrum, E. L MAtt3c.

Matranga, F M Att3c.

Mitchell, N MAtt3c.

Murphy, J. J SC3c.

Norman, G SC3c.

O'Keffee, M MAttlc.

Ouzts, E. L... SC3c.

Page, J. B Y3c.

Parrish, F. D MAtt3c.

Phelan, E SClc.

Robbins, G CabCk

Ruffin, C. W MAttlc.

Sempepos, D MAttlc.

Strom, H MAtt3c.

Tuscano, C. MAtt3c.

Tuchmann. L. B SFlc.

Veltz, G SC3c.

Worthington, D. P Bkrlc.

Zlotnick, S MAtt3c.

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Green, A. L Mus2c.

Forton, R. J Mus2c.

Crowl, P Mus2c.

Brown, E. J Mus2c,

Barrett, J. P Mus2c.

Campbell, H. S Mus2c.

Clever, F Mus2c.

Doran, J. H Mus2c.

Englemann, W. O Mus2c.

Fredette, A. E Mus2c.

Fehl, A. J Mus2c.

Mankewicz, J, E Mus2c.

Tannebaum, A Mus2c.

Holec, J. L Mus2c.

Holsan, J Mus2c.

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