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Show , , . : '. Yankee Tars Abroad to Man Ex-Kaiser's Dreadnaughts . . Oat HrUslinA F7' Destroyer of V Class feSml b . i As n sincere nelcnouTedgnnent of the paramount wiluc of llio Aiuei'ican Nnv.'s part in the Worlil War anu its sifrnal perfonuance In "uartllns the 'road lo Frame," the Allied Peace Council allotted lo our sea forces, eleven German righting: craft niiihX from dreailnauhl to submarines. sub-marines. Willi the American Flay at the peak and according to customs cus-toms of war, flyinjc hifrh above e conquered (icrman naval enslfcn, these surrendered ships v. ill soon enler Now York harbor. American crews have already been dispatched) abroad to brin home these prent i tropliics. I TIjcsc are the first real prizes of war thai have been won by the; navy hi our limes. In the Spanish-American Spanish-American V."nr the Spanish armored, cruiser ".Marie icrou' surrenderee j at the battle of Santiago but was lost at sea and other than a few small R-unboals captured at Manila j bay and in Cuban waters, the Navy! hnd no real bly prizes from the war' with Spain. 1 The Treaty of Peace ended oncc for all the German Navy. Only I - Ihe treachery of the German admiral I robbed the Allied Navies or the? best of the surrendered sldps, for so well had the Germans done their work that the new battle cruiser "IlJnden-l imrg" could not De salvn;,eu. I Anions: the ships benched and sua eel' was the new icon! -cruiser 'Frank-1 furl." which hn.s since been allotted, to the American- Navy and Is now j under our flaj;. Damaged by the; Kroundliifs at the Orkncjs, the tur-' blue machinery of this ship Is n . in 1 working order and the transport J "Hancock" will tow the German' csel across the Atlantic. But the big- prize of our spoils of war will be the dreadnaught "Osl Frlesland", a handsome, comparatively modern' battleship or. twenty-two 'thoivauti i tons, armed with twelve, twelve-' Inch inns and a powerful secondary' battery. Both the 'Frankfurt" and the "Ost FriesJand" bore the brunt, of battle and were In at Ihe melee at Jutland. The big ship was struck j by a British torpedo bui due to the, eleer way the Germans hate employed em-ployed snb-di iding their hulls, the essel managed to limp Into port. The "Fraidcfurt" also came through ihe action practically eot-frec, being be-ing hit only four times with a few casualties. Three German destroyers are iiIju going to be ours. Of these the G 1U1! had an interesting career. Btdll originally by Schichau for Argentina, as the St. Louis, the Germans, at the outbreak of the war. appropriated her and her four sisters. This extremely fa.st craft took part In (he North Sea actions and was scuttled at Sea pa Flow. The other two destroyers wero also t-alvngcd at the Orkneys and are, as far as machinery is concerned, in a (iisutiicti cnmjtuuii and will be towed by the American udne-sweep-ers, Rail, Red-Wlng and Falcon. German U-boats have already been delivered to" us and are in the naj yards under examination and study by our experts. These vessels will undoubtedly be placed in first cins condition and comparative tests will be made to determine ihe relative alue of (he ships built by Germany and those constructed by our own ex pcrts. |