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USS Wakiva II

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s starboard quarter, just abaft the mainmast and forward of the after guns, and cutting into the yacht's hull from her main deck down to her starboard propeller shaft. The general alarm was sounded aboard the yacht. The impact threw the starboard sides of the two ships against each other, and carried
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sighted a U-boat running on the surface dead astern. She signalled a warning to the three cargo ships, and opened fire with her number two and number four 3-inch guns. Momentarily she had to suspend fire, to avoid hitting the
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passed over the suspected U-boat a second time, she launched a salvo of depth charges. As they exploded, oil and débris came to the surface. Her number one gun hit the wreckage with two shots. As
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made a third pass, she sighted three men clinging to wreckage. She turned full circle to pick them up, but by the time she reached the spot, only oil and wreckage remained.
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s commanding officer praised his crew as a "perfect fighting unit" that showed "admirable coolness and courage", and did not manifest any nervousness or inefficiency. The
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flooded, Machinist Mate First Class Charles AA Smith began to start her pumps, then realised that they could not cope with the rate at which water was entering the hull.
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continued to patrol from Brest. On 21 May she was part of the escort of a convoy of eight ships. Shortly after sunset, fog set in, so the convoy reduced speed.
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at a range of 100 yards (91 m). She turned hard-a-port and opened fire with her after guns. Her third salvo was thought to have sheared the periscope.
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s crew were killed. At 03:30 hrs the survivors pulled clear in her boats. Six minutes later she sank by the stern off
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By 03:00 hrs on 22 May, visibility briefly improved, but the convoy then entered another fog bank. At 03:10 hrs
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was appointed as her commanding officer. On 18 August, before her conversion into a warship was complete,
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beam. After 30 minutes no enemy was sighted, so the three ships rejoined the van of the convoy.
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and rousted out men from below decks. Then he and Allen inspected and cleared the ship. As the
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got close enough for her crew to see that the object was a convincingly-painted dummy for
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escort duty, by putting to sea to meet a convoy 75 nautical miles (139 km) west of
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from October 1917. That November she attacked and almost certainly sank an enemy
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sighted an object at 500 yards (460 m) range that they took to be a U-boat
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on 18 September. Nine days later, Captain Magruder hauled down his pennant from
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was 30.6 ft (9.3 m), her depth was 18.0 ft (5.5 m), and her
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Thomas P Magruder, the Commander of Squadron Four, Patrol Force, raised his
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s commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander EG Allen, ordered her helm on
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launched two of her boats, and members of her crew also crewed one of
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with only a "probably seriously damaged" U-boat. However, both
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until he died in 1915, whereupon she passed to his executors.
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sounded general quarters and made full speed ahead to screen
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s starboard lifeboats. Then the two ships parted, and
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An 1349:Section Patrol Craft Vessel Photo Archive 602:and Squadron Four left Massachusetts for 1459:This article incorporates text from the 1093:. He remained at his post, transmitting 668:, which had been disabled by a torpedo. 1277: 1275: 1273: 1271: 1269: 1267: 1265: 1167: 580:with Squadron Four, which included six 503:. Lamon Harkness remained the owner of 480:. He and his family, including his son 1263: 1261: 1259: 1257: 1255: 1253: 1251: 1249: 1247: 1245: 690:s survivors and landed them at Brest. 633:to establish his headquarters ashore. 484:, used her in waters ranging from the 240:213.2 ft (65.0 m) registered 31: 791:As soon as they rejoined the convoy, 414:", but the second is commonly called 54: 7: 1930:Steamships of the United States Navy 1208:. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust 1182:. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust 911:; were escorting three cargo ships. 625:from 6 to 11 September, and reached 234:239 ft 6 in (73.0 m) 90:1915: Executors of Lamon V. Harkness 1370:Serret, Serge (31 December 2023). 1293:Naval History and Heritage Command 1005:s whistle, but could not see her. 458:, each driven by a three-cylinder 258:15 ft 0 in (4.57 m) 25: 1034:now appeared from the fog. Allen 943:took station with the 5,448  795:sounded the alarm and launched a 1875: 1870: 1858: 1850: 1452: 1440: 821:nautical miles (3 km) from 617:took her in tow. They called at 460:quadruple-expansion steam engine 56: 35: 1920:Shipwrecks in the Bay of Biscay 854:on convoy duty in 1917 or 1918. 370:in 1907, and converted into an 606:. En route, the naval trawler 194:sunk by collision, 22 May 1918 1: 1468:. The entry can be found 1372:"USS Wakiva (SP-160) (+1918)" 1024:) a-port. Ten seconds later, 159:for the US Navy, 20 July 1917 898:and two other armed yachts; 777:beam, while the armed yacht 659:rescued survivors from the 578:Provincetown, Massachusetts 297:quadruple-expansion engines 1956: 1905:Maritime incidents in 1918 1426:Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1416:Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1402:Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1202:"Wakiva (yard number 209)" 1176:"Wakiva (yard number 189)" 1074:carried depth charges and 1009:whistled again, whereupon 1845: 1351:. NavSource Naval History 499:had acquired the earlier 266:18.0 ft (5.5 m) 250:30.6 ft (9.3 m) 198: 49: 34: 1915:Ships sunk in collisions 568:aboard her to maker his 522:as a civilian yacht, in 1283:"Wakiva II (S. P. 160)" 1064:slowly moved astern of 1028:whistled a third time. 593:converted fishing craft 314:15 knots (28 km/h) 199:General characteristics 1447:Wakiva II (ship, 1907) 1078:on the fantail of her 988: 855: 709: 699:3-inch/50-caliber guns 526: 330:2 × .30-cal (7.62-mm) 326:3-inch/50-caliber guns 18:USS Wakiva II (SP-160) 1091:wireless telegraphist 977: 964:aboard the troopship 894:On 12 February 1918, 850: 784:closed to screen her 712:On 23 November 1917, 696: 533:on 20 July 1917, and 529:The US Navy acquired 518: 396:Ramage & Ferguson 122:Ramage & Ferguson 1910:Ships built in Leith 1449:at Wikimedia Commons 1345:"Wakiva II (SP 160)" 1206:Scottish Built Ships 1180:Scottish Built Ships 551:Lieutenant Commander 418:to avoid confusion. 1343:Radigan, Joseph M. 1138: /  720:. Her crew went to 541:on 6 August as USS 390:Private steam yacht 378:convoy escort from 374:in 1917. 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Index

USS Wakiva II (SP-160)

Lamon V. Harkness
United States Navy
New York
Ramage & Ferguson
Leith
pennant number
steam yacht
GRT
NRT
overall
NHP
quadruple-expansion engines
screws
3-inch/50-caliber guns
machine guns
depth charges
mines
steam yacht
Scotland
Lamon V. Harkness
armed yacht
United States Navy
Brest, France
U-boat
Ramage & Ferguson
Leith
Edinburgh
overall

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