Show My 1 i iu u. u at t Sea e W Ii 0 t 4 1 hi DV CAPTAIN GEORGE GEOROE FRIED I Assistance to to vessels in hd hal b n Frieds Fried's fOrtune on num r Gus OUI occasions Many of the devices and results of hi experience stood him in stead for momentous rescues later Her h he tells telI of the time when ho like Chief Officer Mani- Mani ning Ing effected a life saving after an open epen ha trip in a lifeboat COp ht 1929 1920 Associated Pre Press 3 CHAPTER VIII The seaman is 13 every read ready to lend lenda a a. a to his fellow V workers In distress Race nace color or cree J are never neer taken Into consideratIon V When en II a vessel reports trouble le all ail shIps In the vicinity communicate ate cate to determine determine- whIch one Is closest and which can be ot of the most assistance That veisel then proceeds proceed under full f steam to the aid ot of the stricken ship During my life at sea there have been a number o of occasions when I have hav been Instrumental In giving e to others who encountered encountered sOme unfortunate situations I wu wa aboard the cruiser Washing Washing- Void WOl was sent to the bridge and the captain Immediately stopped the ship Searchlights pla played ed on the of the vater and one ra rays s 's spied the man aloft on a small raft waving his hand hanl A lifeboat was lowered and in n a short time the unfortunate victim was vas taken talen aboard In nn an unconscious state We Ve later learned that he had been on the raft three days lIe He was suffering sl from exposure to salt saltWater Water hunger and thirst lIe was in our ships ship's hospital for one month before lie he was physically tit fit once I ii a In to leave lie He proved pro to be the sole survivor of oC a schooner that had been foundering in a storm S Just after the war when I I. I was aboard the President Grant with Captain Rind I had my first rence lEnce to go o out In a lifeboat a afa sEa fa A freighter had hod communicated with us by radio and told us that they had a man board aboard who was In Ina ina a serious condition from froma a a. strained ligament and both ships to a l IJ predetermined position tion 5 5 S il w wU U Finally one of the rays rys spied the man ton as chief quartermaster when we ive were towing torpedo boats on a test cruise from S San n Diego to the HawaIIan islands and then to the Samoan s and back again While running Into some heavy henvy weather out In the Pacific a detroyer tie tie- troyer got adrift the line haying having snapped The Washington was as s closely as' as possible to the helpless destroyer We Ve got gotaro aro around nd to her after shooting several sky rockets with a fishIng line nt- nt inched The tow line was then pulled aboard and we proceed d. d A sImilar instance occurred when I was chief quartErmaster of oC the and we went to the assistance as- as of a dIsabled submarine off oce Hatteras We Ve usei a long line with witha a barrel on the end o of It it The Idea of this was to have the barrel float from om the submarine toward the ship that we ire could plc It up a and d set get hold of oC the lIne but after several attempts we gave up this plan I then got a big piece o of pipe about tour four feet long and had It in- in In a rocket carrying a long line Alter After determining the approximate approximate ap- ap proximate anti and COI- COI correct ct angle we sent the tock t out on Hs way ca carryIng the line the en end 1 ot of which was fastened to out ship A rocket always floats to leeward lel The fourth ro ket landed on the destroyer yer and the heavy hawser was pulled aboard Once fastened the Tona- Tona pah started for Norfolk with the I submarine In tow One night while night whIle aboard the Mm- Mm neapolis whIch was bound from philadelphia to Havana In 1906 1006 to participate In In the pacification ot Cuba r reported ported that lie he heard a man shouting helpS help We Ve Vew w re off art the coast oL t G Georgia S S lilien we Jot got alongside the I freighter I decided to take over a boat so ns as to expedite the tra Before Defore leaving I wanted to hc be sUre o of having plenty plent of gasoline gasoline gaso- gaso line aboard The chaplain ot of our ve yes ci I upon accompanYing us anti and we we did not get very far before before be- be fore lie he was seasick lying at the bottom oi 01 the boat We Ve were trying to make e his trip as comfortable as ag pc when suddenly the motor stopped Upon examining It we we found that the additional gasoline I 1 d ordered was kerosene We e had to row back with the motor to tho th side or of the President Grant A pulling loat was lowered ah we ve started from the President dent Grant for the freighter The Theman Theman man was transferred nn arid 1 as soon as he was placed In the ships ship's li h spital s- s pital the doctor performed an operation op- op which saved his life This as I said was my first ex- ex in going out In a lifeboat and proved to Le be my last as the next time I figured In a res rescue ue was Vas hen I was captain ot of President President dent and we answered a call from the freighter and rescued twenty tour of her crew in a heavy storm In mid mid- Atlantic during January 1926 1026 Tomorrow Climbing to the bridge |