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C m e rn I 1 f I p I I I 1 I I i I 4 c p j 41 21 SEASONS amil l 12 Gou AT gAY AV A ANt AHO A O M WAR jJ f Q Flagship of Bandy Bantry Ba Bay Biry Armada Active in I Patrol atrol Duty Abroad Hl She Brought Home Crews Crews' of Big Guns GUllS That Shelled Heinle Heinie Herald Special NEW N EWT EV YORK Jan For For For a ship with wilh vest cst pocket propellers we Ve get geL along pretty wen well was the recent humorous remark of one of the navigating officers of the tile battleship Utah moored in the Hudson The Utah known as the flagship of the the Bantry Bay Armada of course does not riot sport any such tiny propellers but compared red to the tremendous tre tre- screw screws 3 of the latest thing Hung in in dreadnoughts the officers perhaps do not think the Utah's s power amounts to very much But all the fleet knows the good record she has made During During- her service the tho Utah was waH the flagship of Rear Heal Admiral Thomas S. S Rodgers commanding battleship bat- bat division dl which Included the tho Oklahoma arid antI tho the Nevada and at one onetime onetime time lime the Arizona Bantry bay on the tho southwest of Ireland was watS the headquarters of or this squadron which had the Job jou of or watching out for German German Ger Ocr man raiders and al also o of at doln doltl doing a Rood good oud deal o of convoy work worl with troopships coming coining from America merlc ht Gunner Home lionie The most Interesting oric the tho Utah has hag done recently w was vis s bringing homo home O O naval gunners and aud their theil o officers who handled bandied the bl big guns that were taken ashore and broke boko up the tho Metz- Metz fc Sedan u an railway Somo orno omo great reat yarns arns were spun in tho the Utah Utah's wardroom on the return voyage about the tue troubles the tho naval al gunners had gj gIng up to front with willi tho the big which tire fire twenty seven miles The They overcame some seemingly In Insurmountable In In- surmountable difficulties such as ai building bridges and arid digging l tunnels According to the stories told by the tho returning gunners the foreign officers at the tho landing port did not think the stunt could be bo done On One of oC the port officers asked naked What V hat is 18 your our status apparently apparent not b ing familiar with Yankee naval na gunners Oh wo we dont don't need an any status the tho Am American officer in command re remarked remarked remarked re- re marked what wo wc want Is a a. target But nut the tunnels are too small and tho the bridges too weak to stand the tho strain expostulated the foreign C or Mode MacIc Good leI Gun Well malta make the tho tunnels tunnel larger and strengthen tho the bridges answered the this American officer Hear Admiral Plunkett Plunket U U. 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S N N. was wan in char charge 6 of or orthe the big gun scheme gun scheme Tho The gunners were recruited hero here an and tho guns runs tried on tho the Chesapeake bay proving ground I IThe i iThe The Tho Utah's service abroad was not BO so long as that of ot the vessels of oC tho the northern squadron which were at attached attached at- at to the British Grand fleet at st Firth of ot Forth She went over ever last lastA A August The officers of ot the Utah claim however that tho weather Is Just as s rainy at Bantry bay as it la is at the Firth of or Forth They aro uit some Borne veterans in that respect In fact one ono of or the tho navigators of at the Iho Utah claims that on th the tho average there are aro only two seasons at Bantry ba bay the rainy and the wet and that tho the average aver e ago age is days of ot rain a year car as compared compared com coin pared with 22 at tho the northern port However that may bo bu tho of officers and men of ot tho the Utah made mad free treo to entertain entertain entertain en en- themselves as best the thc they could during the long stretch of or dut duty there Continued on Page 8 8 I BATTLESHIP UTAH UTA IS ISI PROUD OF HER RECORD I Continued from page pago 1 having haYing a II show every cry week b by members of tho the crew enforced re-enforced by the latest movies mo obtainable And then there thore was Castletown and the th golf ol course courso which was under charter to the tho BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish admiralty It seemed very cry appropriate appropriate to to use uso It as a a. naval golf gol course as the fog and various crocks winding about made It almost nOCO necessary for tor a player to b bo be also a a. navigator Golf Golt Played by bT Compon Compas Golf was as sometimes played by com corn compass pass on this course for tor a a. fact remarked re remarked ro- ro marked ono one of or the tho Junior lieutenants We Ve never went over the tho course without wIthout without with wIth- out on and If It It had not beon been buoyed so well I am sure we wo would never ne save have gotten gotton ba back k to the ship the tha same samo da day It was tho the only golf golt course I ever sag paw whore where they us used d pilots Instead of caddies The golf pilots always s 's carried carried carrl car car- rl ried d signal l rockets with them so 80 If It anything went wrong the they could call can assistance Then they would send ond a n. boat down one of ot tho the crooks creeks for tor you OU Another Interesting novelty at the club was a patent metallic golf goIt ball with a a. bell In It which could sometimes sometimes some somo- times be b traced by the tho sound Com Com- Commander Commander mander Todd executive e officer of or this ship was tho the winner of or the 8 seasons season's prize a small silver sil modal of or a a. lifeboat life Ufo lifeboat boat boa t with a 11 full tull equipment of or um urn- Comman Commander er Todd won the tho tournament because he had a a. set of ot short clubs which made mad It better going in the mud However Commander White chief navigator was second his knowledge lodge of or tho the various channels and marks helping him greatly Our golf gol education education tion at Bantry bay hl d one good rc re rc suit I believe o 0 at t least It certainly 1 made It possible for tor us to find our wa way more easily In the New ew York subways sub sub- ways nas ways |