Lieutenant
United States Navy
USS FRANK H BUCK (ID-1613)
World War I
BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER
OAKLAND TRIBUNE, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1919, PAGE 2 BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER SAN FRANCISO, March 17. – Survivor of a terrific fight in mid-Atlantic with a German U-boat, in which Yankee superiority in seamanship, valor and stamina triumphed, the Associated Oil tanker Frank H. Buck dropped anchor in the bay yesterday morning. Scarred by the weather and work in the war zone, but untouched by the scores of German shells that were fired at her, the tanker had traveled more than 80,000 miles since she left here in December, 1917, for her hazardous service. Captain G. B. Macdonald, master of the tanker during her eventful career, and Chief Engineer Louis Eakins were the only men of her California crew and armed naval guard that left here with the vessel to return on her to port. The others, when the Frank H. Buck's work had been so well done as to win the commendation of the Secretary of the Navy Daniels, went to other ships of the navy or merchant marine. During sixteen months' absence the tanker made six round trips to England, steamed twice around the British isles, gave battle to two submarines, sinking one and compelling another to dive to safety. The first U-boat was encountered in July of last year, just outside New York, shortly after the German supersubs had raided the New England coast. A periscope was sighted and several shots were fired, but missed. The second encounter, which ended after a thirty-minute fight when the tanker's 6-inch gun dropped fifty pounds of T.N.T. on the U-boat amidship, occurred in midocean on September 3, at 8:35 a.m. The log of the tanker shows that the German used shrapnel, some of the pieces falling on her decks, amidship, adding, "We changed our course frequently, which seemed to upset the submarine's aim and range." As soon as the diver saw that the tanker's range was equal to hers, she held away. The engagement lasted 29 minutes.
United States Navy
USS FRANK H BUCK (ID-1613)
World War I
BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER
OAKLAND TRIBUNE, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1919, PAGE 2 BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER SAN FRANCISO, March 17. – Survivor of a terrific fight in mid-Atlantic with a German U-boat, in which Yankee superiority in seamanship, valor and stamina triumphed, the Associated Oil tanker Frank H. Buck dropped anchor in the bay yesterday morning. Scarred by the weather and work in the war zone, but untouched by the scores of German shells that were fired at her, the tanker had traveled more than 80,000 miles since she left here in December, 1917, for her hazardous service. Captain G. B. Macdonald, master of the tanker during her eventful career, and Chief Engineer Louis Eakins were the only men of her California crew and armed naval guard that left here with the vessel to return on her to port. The others, when the Frank H. Buck's work had been so well done as to win the commendation of the Secretary of the Navy Daniels, went to other ships of the navy or merchant marine. During sixteen months' absence the tanker made six round trips to England, steamed twice around the British isles, gave battle to two submarines, sinking one and compelling another to dive to safety. The first U-boat was encountered in July of last year, just outside New York, shortly after the German supersubs had raided the New England coast. A periscope was sighted and several shots were fired, but missed. The second encounter, which ended after a thirty-minute fight when the tanker's 6-inch gun dropped fifty pounds of T.N.T. on the U-boat amidship, occurred in midocean on September 3, at 8:35 a.m. The log of the tanker shows that the German used shrapnel, some of the pieces falling on her decks, amidship, adding, "We changed our course frequently, which seemed to upset the submarine's aim and range." As soon as the diver saw that the tanker's range was equal to hers, she held away. The engagement lasted 29 minutes.
Lieutenant
United States Navy
USS FRANK H BUCK (ID-1613)
World War I
BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER
OAKLAND TRIBUNE, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1919, PAGE 2 BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER SAN FRANCISO, March 17. – Survivor of a terrific fight in mid-Atlantic with a German U-boat, in which Yankee superiority in seamanship, valor and stamina triumphed, the Associated Oil tanker Frank H. Buck dropped anchor in the bay yesterday morning. Scarred by the weather and work in the war zone, but untouched by the scores of German shells that were fired at her, the tanker had traveled more than 80,000 miles since she left here in December, 1917, for her hazardous service. Captain G. B. Macdonald, master of the tanker during her eventful career, and Chief Engineer Louis Eakins were the only men of her California crew and armed naval guard that left here with the vessel to return on her to port. The others, when the Frank H. Buck's work had been so well done as to win the commendation of the Secretary of the Navy Daniels, went to other ships of the navy or merchant marine. During sixteen months' absence the tanker made six round trips to England, steamed twice around the British isles, gave battle to two submarines, sinking one and compelling another to dive to safety. The first U-boat was encountered in July of last year, just outside New York, shortly after the German supersubs had raided the New England coast. A periscope was sighted and several shots were fired, but missed. The second encounter, which ended after a thirty-minute fight when the tanker's 6-inch gun dropped fifty pounds of T.N.T. on the U-boat amidship, occurred in midocean on September 3, at 8:35 a.m. The log of the tanker shows that the German used shrapnel, some of the pieces falling on her decks, amidship, adding, "We changed our course frequently, which seemed to upset the submarine's aim and range." As soon as the diver saw that the tanker's range was equal to hers, she held away. The engagement lasted 29 minutes.
United States Navy
USS FRANK H BUCK (ID-1613)
World War I
BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER
OAKLAND TRIBUNE, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1919, PAGE 2 BAY SHIP WINS THRILLING FIGHT WITH 'U' DIVER SAN FRANCISO, March 17. – Survivor of a terrific fight in mid-Atlantic with a German U-boat, in which Yankee superiority in seamanship, valor and stamina triumphed, the Associated Oil tanker Frank H. Buck dropped anchor in the bay yesterday morning. Scarred by the weather and work in the war zone, but untouched by the scores of German shells that were fired at her, the tanker had traveled more than 80,000 miles since she left here in December, 1917, for her hazardous service. Captain G. B. Macdonald, master of the tanker during her eventful career, and Chief Engineer Louis Eakins were the only men of her California crew and armed naval guard that left here with the vessel to return on her to port. The others, when the Frank H. Buck's work had been so well done as to win the commendation of the Secretary of the Navy Daniels, went to other ships of the navy or merchant marine. During sixteen months' absence the tanker made six round trips to England, steamed twice around the British isles, gave battle to two submarines, sinking one and compelling another to dive to safety. The first U-boat was encountered in July of last year, just outside New York, shortly after the German supersubs had raided the New England coast. A periscope was sighted and several shots were fired, but missed. The second encounter, which ended after a thirty-minute fight when the tanker's 6-inch gun dropped fifty pounds of T.N.T. on the U-boat amidship, occurred in midocean on September 3, at 8:35 a.m. The log of the tanker shows that the German used shrapnel, some of the pieces falling on her decks, amidship, adding, "We changed our course frequently, which seemed to upset the submarine's aim and range." As soon as the diver saw that the tanker's range was equal to hers, she held away. The engagement lasted 29 minutes.
Inscription
LOUIS S.
1885 - 1952
EAKINS
ELIZABETH
1882 - 1957
