U117 German Submarine NAVY - MARINE WWI - Guerre 1914

GERMAN

SUBMARINE

U117

NAVY

German submarine U117 with an American crew was brought to America

and is on display in Washington DC Navy Yard summer 1919

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Source of Photograph: National Archives, RG-165, Navy - Submarines - German

U117

Summary of raiding history

Date

10-Aug-18

12-Aug-18

13-Aug-18

14-Aug-18

15-Aug-18

16-Aug-18

17-Aug-18

20-Aug-18

24-Aug-18

26-Aug-18

27-Aug-18

30-Aug-18

29-Sep-18

04-Oct-18

27-Oct-18

09-Nov-18

Name of ship

Aleda May

Cruiser

Earl & Nettie

Katie L. Palmer

Mary E. Sennett

Progress

Reliance

William H. Starbuck

Sommerstad

Frederic R. Kellogg

Dorothy B. Barrett

Madrugada

Mirlo

Nordhav

Ansaldo III

Bianca

Rush

Bergsdalen

Elsie Porter

Potentate

Minnesota

San Saba

Chaparra

Saetia

Nationality

Sunk

Damaged

Sunk

Damaged

Sunk

Damaged

Sunk

Sommerstad

Frederic R. Kellogg

Dorothy B. Barrett

Contributed by Maine Historical Society
This photograph was taken by Sewall Merritt, 2nd Mate aboard the 'Dorothy B. Barrett'.
Sewall was the son of Capt. William Merritt of South Portland, Maine.

The Maine built 'Dorothy B. Barrett' was sunk by a German submarine U-117

off the coast of New Jersey on August 14, 1918.

Sewall Merritt was in the ship's lifeboat.

Mirlo

History

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John Allen Midgett

John Allen Midgett lead the rescue of

42 crew members of the Mirlo

when she was struck by a German torpedo

off North Carolina in 1918. Mirlo (ship, 1917)

Photo J A Midgett

USCG Headquarters Historical Photo

Mirlo

The logbook

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Surfmen who assisted in the Mirlo rescue
L to R: Keeper, John A. Midgett, Sr.; Levene W. Midgett; unknown; Clarence Brady;

Prochorus Lee O'Neal (identified by his great-grandson, Glenn Kevin McCroskey)

In 1914, a proposal to combine the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service was put forth, and met

with the approval of the heads of the two Services.

On January 15, 1915, the two organizations were merged to form the U.S. Coast Guard.

The new U. S. Coast Guard continued the lifesaving traditions of its predecessor and was soon put to test.

On August 16, 1918, at the height of World War I, the lookout at the Chicamacomico Station, North Carolina, spotted a British tanker, the Mirlo, hit by a torpedo.

The shout of the lookout began a rescue by the station crew, under the command of John Allen Midgett, that has become

a legend in the annals of the Coast Guard.

Twelve years later, in 1930, Midgett and his crew received one of Great Britain's highest honors, The Grand Cross, for their bravery.

USS Minnesota

USS Minnesota [BB-22] in Galveston, TX undated

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Source of Photograph: National Archives, RG-165, Navy - Ships- Battleships

In 1916, the ship was placed in reserve, though she quickly returned to service when

the United States entered World War I in April 1917.

During the war, she trained naval personnel; while cruising off the eastern coast of the United States

in September 1918,

she struck a naval mine laid by a German U-boat.

The extensive damage required lengthy repairs that kept her out of service for the rest of the war.

She helped to return American soldiers from Europe in 1919 before resuming her training ship duties in 1920–21

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