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Show American Brings Vessel to Port Badly Damaged. BRITISH SC0RE HIT Land Broadside Shot on Hun Submarine. Sub-marine. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 The navy department announced today that the captain of an American steamer had reported that his vessel rammed and probably sank a submarine about 9:30 p. m., on August 17. near Winter Quarter shoal off the northern Virginia Virgin-ia coast. The captain stated the submarine sub-marine was struck on her port bow, bringing her alongside. The submarine hailed In strong German accents, saying -they were friends, the captain said, but he replied re-plied they were no friends of his. Ho kept his course, he said. The steamer steam-er is now in port with a badly damaged bow and a quantity of water in her hold. The captain thinks he sank the submarine. In making announcement, the department de-partment did not name tho ship. Because Be-cause of the Americnn skipper's circumstantial cir-cumstantial report and the tangible evidence furnished by tho damaged bow, the story is given credence not accorded most of tho accounts of submarine sub-marine destructions reaching the navy. Tanker Sinks Submarine. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 30 A 400 -foot submarine was sunk off the Atlantic coast by tho gun crew of a British tanker, according to an officer of tho tanker. The tale of tho battle between tho tanker and U-boat was told today by John Crosby, chief mate of the former, from his bed in a hospital hos-pital where ho is being treated for shock. Crosby is said to be in a serious condition. A remarkable feature of the case is that ho felt no ill effects during dur-ing the engagement which took place last Friday and was in good health until yesterday morning. Then, safely In port, he collapsed. "The second mate was on the bridge about 3 o'clock in the afternoon," Crosby said. "There was never a sign of any craft around but he caught the streak made by a torpedo coming' toward to-ward the tanker. He yelled and the ship was thrown out of her course. Tho torpedo missed by a few feet. Everyone was on deck by that time, but we saw nothing of the U-boat. I "What we did sec was another tor- c .pedo. We zig-zagged dodging the qj. I sle just as prettily as could be Uwl by us. Then tho submarine came o;t of the water with her guns ready. Si t was all of 400 feet long and could msij' E seventeen knots an hour. Our boat I good for eleven and a half knotg bet I we began to go with the U-boalcca".; S ing behind. She opened up with guns and the fight started. 1 "I was acting as spotter for the pa. . ner, calling the shells as they kicked' I up the water about the U-boal0c' I twenty-sixth shot took tho submarcj, lj right. She did not blow up with a bay.' i What she did was to swing arotrf ' slowly and drift broadside on. Wedil," not slow down but made for portu swiftly as we could travel. I am a-s our shot destroyed the enemy cnli" ' , |