Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-21 | Page 2 | U. S. Destroyer is Sunk in Collision

U. S, OESTROYER IS " SUH 1 COLLISION Twenty-one Lives Lost, According Ac-cording to Report of the Navy Department. WASHINGTON". Nov. :0. The sinking of ihu American dcslroer Chatmcey in colhion in the war zone early yesterday morning, with a probable lnsa of twenty-one twenty-one lives, was announced toda)' by the navy department. Secretary Daniels made this statement: "The t'hauncey, a small Amciicaii dc-stroe:- on patrol liiMv in foivU:n waters, way suiii; in a collision early .Monday morning. The first dispatches indicate that twentv-one lives were lost. Fullher information will he made public when lull reporis are received. The t'liauiuev was one of the old-type destiovcrs. completer in W-. " ,,'s-piacemem ,,'s-piacemem was i:o tons and her complement comple-ment ninetv-one officers and men. For several voirs hei'oro the war the Chauncev was used only in coast delcnse work and was classified as a coast torpedo tor-pedo vessel. She was built at Philadelphia.