Show LURKING PLACE OF SUBS kl KNOWN allies had accurate knowledge of whereabouts KEPT TAB ON OH EVERY BOAT when american destroyers started out to convoy merchant ships and transports they knew just where to look for enemy V boats destroyer crews have earned the rest beat they aro are now getting when american destroyers during the last IS 18 months of the war steamed out of Queens queenstown town to convoy merchant ships and transports through the infested area of tile the north atlantic they went with accurate information of tho the whereabouts of tile the enemy U boats its as supplied by tile the british admiralty As a destroyer flotilla moved out to sen sea the commodore comin odore would be lending bending over his maps with his navigators on oil the maps were little rings sometimes many and sometimes only a few ci each ell denoting where it a german submarine wasi known to be tile the mops maps also hadi a cross mark showing where the flotilla was to meet tho convoy illow how do you know a submarine to Is about in ili that locality 6 a destroyer captain was asked ashe examined his maps well we know and pretty definitely came ca methe the reply with a smile the U boat 70 Is about here pointing to a ring site she has been there three days opera operating ting within a radius of about 30 nilles miles and will return to her base in four our more days if some of 0 us dont get her numbers also are ara known we dont know hilow e exactly k what vessel this one Is over hero here pointing to another ring but wu we think it Is tile the U 69 ashes going to her base tomorrow the captain pointed out other rings and lie he had accounted for all on ills his maps this knowledge of the whereabouts of the lurking enemy was vas not unusual so accurate was the information concerning the submarines obtained by the allied naval authorities something was known of every submarine operating in the waters about the british 1 isles but knowing know tug where a submarine ini irine might be and sinking it were two different operations on the wide expanse of water tile the submarine might change Ite Its plans or act against direct orders all this added to the excitement of the chase as tile the destroyers plowed through the sea toward the cross mark the flotilla would go plunging and rolling along until it sighted the ships it was to convoy cheers give greeting the meeting place readied reached tilt the crews of 0 the destroyers would answer the shouts nud and cheers of aboard the convoy and then would turn stuart ly to tile the task at hand that of protecting the larger vessels from the piratical lurkers within the circles on the maps the crews of the american destroyers operated from queenstown Queens town through the entire zone which had witnessed most U boat crimes against unarmed passenger and merchant nur chaut vessels they knew how deadly the submarines were all this was till an incentive to hard work and the destroyer crews crew have well earned the alie rest they tire arc getting now after 18 months of and during that time have gained the admiration mi ration of all wa naval wen men the americans tire arc idle now no longer do the commanders study map and worry over rings bluga and cross marks the hun lias has gone gon and the americans americana are enjoying their relaxation to the fun fall |