I pulled at the big heavy oars that afternoon until my hands were blistered. The strawberries are simply delicious, being larger than the average strawberry in the States and when your eyes fall upon them you cannot resist. Never the less the Germans are not playing with us and when you talk with people, both Americans and French in France as I have done, you will come to the conclusion that we have a big job and everyone must put his shoulder to the wheel, otherwise the task will be a hard and long one. 500 W. 143 St. He served on Cruisers and Destroyers before World War I. The true facts around the story of Karl Ernst Hoffmann are told from the grandson of another German crewmember from the last voyage of the President Lincoln. The 41st U.S. president, George H.W. Was promoted to Seaman 2c 4/24/17. The family knew that he was a fireman aboard the transport USS President Lincoln that was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. by Name - BABB to BYXBEE. Given to me by Mr. Kimberly Paymaster of ship." Among the highest casualty rates of the jobs in the engineering divisions of the ships were the Fireman/Watertender positions. The railroad had charged them excessively for their food and blankets. She commenced her maiden voyage on 6 January 1907 when she sailed from Hamburg for Boulogne, Southampton and New York. Just shy of his thirty-fourth birthday Seaman Egbert was lost at sea when at 9:35 on the evening of May 31, 1918 three German torpedoes struck the President Lincoln and sent her to the bottom. This mark is illegible, but appears sort of diamond shaped with one corner of the diamond clipped, with a number of small raised dots inside and outside the diamond shape. He just happened to be up on deck when the ship was struck, and was among the rescued.His War Certificate lists him as a recipient of the Victory Button." U. S. Navy Ships Sunk or Damaged by Enemy Torpedo, Bombs, or Gunfire. Bush. On August 25, 1919 while the USS Troy was in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the end of the second voyage, Watertender Clayton was given an Honorable Discharge from Active Duty with the U. S. Navy and returned to civilian life. The convoy, escorted by the cruiser USS Seattle, consisted of the Henry R. Mallory, Pastores, Tenadores, De Kalb, President Grant and Covington, arrived at St. Nazaire, France, on October 31. They were married in New York and this marriage produced three sons, Charles Oliver (1909-1994), Glenn Herbert (1912-1994), and Samuel Lucius, Jr. (1914-2005). It was found that the ship was struck by three torpedoes, which had been fired as one salvo from the submarine, two of the torpedoes striking practically together near the bow of the ship and the third striking near the Stern. A lifeboat was lowered and soon enough Otto Winkle was back on deck, likely wishing he had paid just a bit more attention to the hippo. "On July 25,1914, the President Lincoln, a German ship, left Hamburg for its seven-day voyage to New York," with crewman Johann Freiberger on board. A destroyer USS Oldendorf (DD-972) was named in his honor. Joseph Clayton had a younger brother named Hobart who died as a newborn infant, so he was raised as an only child. Captain Witt; First Officer E. Knorr; Second Officer C. Manitius There was at the time a thought that this might have been the bubonic plague, but was later ruled out by Dr. Stack. The press was invited on board, and among their photos some of Rood's Telegraphones were visible. the steamship Main or President Lincoln. Rear Admiral Oldendorf was awarded the Navy Cross for this action. It is thought the most of those lost were the ones who were not quick in leaving the ship, possibly returning to their staterooms for belongings and were caught making it impossible to abandon ship. ‘Lincoln’ started her return trip on March 4, with the Wilhelmina and Panaman, they arrived on March 16 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Dock for repairs. He earned the Medal of Honor while serving as a Seaman, United States Navy, in China on June 13-20, 21, 22, 1900 (Boxer Rebellion). The U. S. government had given Witt’s crew a choice of going to Governor’s Island and renouncing their Country to have the opportunity to become United States citizens, or be taken to a war prison camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. In 1923, Karl’s brother, Willy, came from Germany to New York, to work. As passengers, the survivors of the 'Lincoln' made the journey home on the Great Northern, which reached Hoboken on June 12, 1918. Eldest son Walter had left the family and was on his own at the time the 1920 Federal Census was taken in January. “The fifteen German boys got employment at the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, but were unable to speak one word of English. Half sliding and half running I went over the side fully dressed, shoes, cap and glasses on, and started swimming toward a life raft some 12 feet away. At 7:57 AM, two torpedoes from a German submarine struck us. She also said that he told her that there was someone in the brig and that this person was pleading for someone to let him out. Some lost their jumpers and others lost their shoes. The ring finger would be to his first marriage, which took place on June 12, 1908 to Alice Schurch (1882-1972). Hogard continues with this letter of his experiences during a trip to the French country side. Lawrence had fell into ill health around this time and this would eventually take his life. The 1930 Census form had a column for Veterans and listed Samuel as having served in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and WWI, so this backs up the fact that Samuel was in the Navy prior to the 1902 estimate from his photo showing him wearing 4 Hash Marks on his sleeve in 1918. He never mentioned going to a “camp”, and to my knowledge, stayed in New York City. The forward gun's crew firing at any object that could be seen in the general direction of the submarine in the hope that she might come to the surface; but they finally had to abandon their stations when the water came up to the guns. There were about 35 in each boat and enough rafts for them to pile one on top of the other to make it as comfortable as possible. I do know for sure that there were two Assistant Paymasters on the ship and I believe that there would have been one head Paymaster. William Sr. was born about 1875 in New York State where his parents were also born. Being that at the time of the sinking Clayton’s rating was a Fireman his job would have been working down in the fireroom side of the boiler rooms, keeping the fires burning efficiently. Germans exiled from the Orient came to New York, stopped for a time aboard the President Lincoln and then took another ship on to Germany. Rood discouraged it, saying that it was still experimental. The story of the fifteen who were allowed to leave the ship is told in this way from the elder Freiberger. The company never made another, although they remained in business until 1928, dealing with a variety of lawsuits from companies that had bought the machines and found them defective. He then went to the Naval Hospital New York N.Y. on 10/1/17 for an unknown reason. In some of these smaller stores it is well for you to keep your eyes open and a good guard on your pocket book, because their motto is not ONE PRICE TO ALL! Again about 3 o'clock PM, they came back but this time didn't say a thing and were still looking for the captain. They took him below, giving hum a good drink of hot coffee and cognac. The state of discipline that existed and the coolness of the men are well illustrated by what occurred when the boats were being lowered and were about half way from their davits to the water. By the time Witt navigated his ship into New York on August 5th, Germany had declared war with France and England. SHIP TORPEDOED MARSHALL HERALD 10 - JULY - 1918: Everett Spivey of West York was on board the USS President Lincoln torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine May 31. At about 9 a. m. a terrific explosion occurred on the port side of the ship about 120 feet from the bow and immediately afterwards another explosion occurred on the port side about 120 feet from the stem of the ship, these explosions being immediately identified as coming from torpedoes fired by a German submarine. Otherwise they may be obtained by application to the above-mentioned Bureau also. The West Gambo was a steel-hulled single screw cargo ship then being used by the United States to carry military cargo during the remaining months of the war. Perry had more … The ship sank in 23 minutes. To the boys of the President Lincoln. They most likely took it from the bridge when abandoning the ship so they could use it in the life boats or it could be one that was already with the life boats. After thawing out, hot coffee and sandwiches were served to everyone, clothes broken out, and the crew placing practically all they owned at our disposal. In September of 1918 she was acquired by the Navy and placed in full commission. By 1930 the Cusack’s had moved to Convent Avenue in Manhattan, and Lawrence by then was working selling furs. When Winkle hit the water the wake of the ship nearly took Winkle under and he began to struggle for his very life. One that has been hoisted many a toast with, but this one somehow was different and it may have been the curious old yellowed label, which had been typed and then glued to the lip of the mug many, many years ago, or it may have been the memory of a long ago toast that called Christian Chaffee to bid on this old hunk of glass but nineteen dollars later the old glass beer stein was his. In 1918, production of the machines stopped. "The crew had been given a choice of going to Governor's Island for their first U.S. immigration papers, or going to Georgia to a camp. And then on 29 August 1926 they had another son named Raymond Edward Coffman. Joseph’s mother Hubertina, had come to the United States alone at the age of 22 from Aachen in the German Rhineland in 1891. He was officially transferred off the Lincoln on July 10, 1918. This vessel was torpedoed and sunk in an encounter with an enemy submarine off the French Coast on May 31, 1918, resulting in the loss of three officers and twenty-three men. On September 18, 1918, the West Gambo steamed out of the harbor and joined a convoy bound for Russia. The gun crews were held at their stations hoping for an opportunity to fire on the submarine should it appear before the ship sank, and orders were given to the gun crews to begin firing, hoping that this might prevent further attacks. Harvet Dennison Carter was a Chief Yeoman aboard the President Lincoln when she sank. Archangel at the time was undergoing an outbreak of influenza. I have been aware of the fact that your husband has been an invalid for the past decade and I am of the opinion that his trouble later in life was caused by this ordeal. The USS Great Northern, which picked us up is almost like a palace. President Lincoln sank about a half-hour later. This circumstance is what prompted Oldendorf to make the famous radio transmission "Where the Hell is Bull Halsey?". When Lawrence was 21-years old in 1910 he was a bookkeeper in an office. At the time William Donahue was single and lived in Oswego and worked as a clerk for Long & William in Alex Bay, New York. October 15, 1917: U. S. S. Cassin (destroyer), displacement 1,139 tons; torpedoed by German submarine U-105, off the coast of Ireland, 20 miles south of Mine Head; salvaged; 1 killed and 9 wounded.. November 5, 1917: U. S. S. Alcedo (converted yacht), gross 983 tons; torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine (UC-type), 75 … (copy of the letter not available). It is known for sure that 18-minutes after 3 torpedoes from a German U-boat tore into the side of the former German ship that Chief Rogers was the next to the last man to leave the sinking Lincoln followed only by Captain Sterling onto the lifeboat. Three days before Leonard registered for the Draft he joined the Navy on 2 June 1917, which was his 21st birthday. More research into J. G. Hogard will have to be done. After release from the Naval hospital was he reported to the Receiving Ship New York, N.Y. 11/1/17 and then back to the USS President Lincoln 12/11/17. The strain of Chief Rogers being away from home in the navy may have been a contributing factor of the divorce between Samuel and Alice. There was no suction as the ship went down, except for setting up a wave that tended to force everything from its side, forcing me onto a life raft on which a YMCA secretary, a Mr. His son, Joseph Jr., never told his own son (Robert), my husband, about it that he remembers. This was evidently noticed by some of the men in my boat, and I heard the remark, “Good night, here comes the fireworks.” The spirit that actuated this remark under such circumstances could be none other than cool courage and bravery. In 1918, the US Army Signal Corps asked for some Telegraphones to record messages. From each side of the conning tower rose two pedestals through which the periscope was operated. Shown here is President Abraham Lincoln with General George B. McClellan at his headquarters at Antietam on Oct. 3. When Watertender Clayton reported for duty aboard the West Gambo she was loading a cargo of flour at New York. This in tern was reported to the Surgeon General, Rupert Blue, Chief of the Public Health Service in Washington. After he enlisted in the Navy and was then Honorably Discharged he went back to the Trenton area and lived with his parents who were then living in Hamilton Township of Mercer County, NJ. That man was Chief Master-at-Arms Sam Rogers. I assume if he had been transferred to a “camp” or remained on the ship, he eventually would have been returned to Germany. So I didn't hear the first one as it was in the forward and the second was underneath my compartment. Assigned to Command the USS President Lincoln 7/25/17 and then transferred to Command the USS Von Steuben on 12/20/17. The poems follows: We are going to save the lives of the brave. Seaman Killman was on the USS President Lincoln when she was sunk. When longitude 28 degrees was reached she ran into the worst storm of the voyage. Quickly the ‘Lincoln’s’ officers on the bridge were notified of the situation and swift action was taken. I wish I had found this web site prior to my Mother's passing in August of 2001. Parts of it were built by the Romans in the time of Caesar, and the old Roman masonry can still be seen. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. The Civil War . The wake of the torpedoes had been sighted by the officers and lookouts on watch, but the torpedoes were so close to the ship as to make it impossible to avoid them; and it was also found that the submarine, at the time of firing, was only about 800 yards from the President Lincoln. Birth Date: 26 Apr 1898. The President Lincoln was traveling in a West bound convoy of ships and thier destroyer escorts, having passed the so-called danger zone of submarine activity, left the convoy to sail on alone when the President Lincoln was hit. This resulted in him being promoted as aide to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. It stated in a handwritten note that his first enlistment period was from May 4, 1898 through September 21, 1899. The hour was 8:55 A.M. The big hippo had been consigned to the Cincinnati zoo, and was said to be the largest hippo ever brought to America at the time. It is unknown who Hogard is but he typed this manuscript and then made hand written corrections to it later. In August 1942 he was moved to the Trinidad sector. Killman entered the navy on October 6, 1917 and was assigned to Great Lakes Naval Training Station. I understand his death leaves you with three dependent children and I wish to extend my deepest sympathy in your bereavement. The captain then issued orders for all boats and rafts to be rounded up to go to a rendezvous, about two miles from where we were drifting. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead. In her second marriage she gave birth to two sons. We will never really know for sure why it was saved just that it was saved. The government has lost one of its most valuable boats, in the sinking of the President Lincoln, because of it use as a second class passenger and freight service boat. This page was created on 31 October 2004 and last updated Photo above taken in 1922 showing left to right; John Stemper, the Stemper baby born in February of 1922, Joseph A. Clayton; Emma Papendick Stemper (John’s wife); and Elise Papendick Clayton (Joseph’s wife). When World War II broke out, Captain Kirchner was associated with the Panama Steamship Line, which was taken over by the ATS for transport work. Birth Place: Baltimore, MD. A few days before the inspection an employee of the dining room reported to local health authorities that there was some suspicious disease among the Germans. When the USS President Lincoln was torpedoed and sank within eighteen-minutes on May 31, 1918, being a member of the ships engine and boiler room crews was not a safe place to be, because the chance of survival was not all that great. RADM Foote is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. Young Leonard was a single man with hazel eyes and brown hair and he registered for the Draft in Precinct No. Assigned to the USS Oklahoma 5/9/17; Armed Draft Detail New York N.Y. 6/18/17; SS Pioneer 7/2/17; Armed Draft Detail New York N.Y. 10/17/17, Hon disch 10/30/17, USN 11/1/17 coxn, Recg Ship New York N.Y.; USS President Lincoln 12/6/17; Recg Ship New York N.Y. 7/10/18; USS Keresan 9/24/18; Recg Ship New York N.Y. 12/23/18; USS Sampson 2/12/19, Hon disch 8/16/19. Two watertight doors large enough for a man to pass through were fitted on both sides of the conning tower for use of the gun crews. When the liner tried to stop at Cherbourg to take on passengers and mail, it was so rough that the tender could not get alongside and the vessel had to keep on her way. Those lost from the 'Lincoln' on May 31, 1918. They were given hunks of bread and baloney for their meals. The day was beautiful and the billows far from angry, they were quite calm, which was something greatly in our favor. Each chap made a jump for the deck as the boat came up on the crest of a wave, and willing hands pulled him aboard. He may have been in the Navy or possibly was a passenger on the return trip. In closing I wish to state that the captain of that German submarine is a sane fighter and as he spoke good English I am assuming he must have a spark of warmth some place in his heart for the U.S.A. otherwise he would have shelled and killed every one of us. While stationed aboard the Receiving Ship at the New York Navy Yard, Clayton, being from New Jersey, would have had time to get home and visit family and tell about the sinking and his rescue. In 1919, he was made a superintendent for the United American Line. Although the ones upon the rafts were not as comfortable as they had been previously, and the length of time present conditions would continue was uncertain was no difference to the cheerfulness of the men. Citation Reads: When the USS President Lincoln was attacked and sunk by the German submarine U-90, on 21 May 1918, Lt. Izac was captured and held as a prisoner on board the U-90 until the return of the submarine to Germany, when he was confined in the prison camp. In 1989, one month before the fall of the Berlin Wall, both went to Germany to visit the country and family members Karl Ernst Hoffmann left behind on July 25, 1914, aboard the Steamship President Lincoln some seventy-five years before. Rood also made a private sale to the German Navy. The United States accounts for over 20% of global deaths related to COVID-19 despite only having 4% of the world’s population. This is what Bill knows about his grandfather, William Holcombe Cox: "His military papers show that he was born in 1898, making him eligible for enlistment but he was actually born in 1900. They arrived in the harbor at Brest on April 13. It is not known what duty Chief Rogers had but it is fact that in January of 1920 he was the Chief Master-at-Arms serving on the cruiser USS Minneapolis under the command of Captain Edwin H. Dodd, USN. 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They worked on the thrashing machine for two weeks and then picked potatoes, until they had saved twenty-seven dollars each. Pages in category "Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 211 total. They called one boat along side and took a two-stripe officer on board and left. And while we all are still thinking, He was aboard the Lincoln when she was sunk and survived. Oldendorf then served as Executive Officer West Virginia from 1935-1937 and from 1939-August 1941, at the rank of Captain, he commanded the heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) . In that eighteenth hour, Clayton would be rescued by the USS Smith (DD-17). On the whole, they treated us square, but we were mighty glad to see them make a final cruise around, and head for the horizon, disappearing for good. By this time, President Roosevelt was already in his second term. At the time of the sinking the Gunnery Officer serving under Captain Yates Sterling aboard the ‘Lincoln’ was a young Lieutenant named Jesse Barett Oldendorf who had the nickname of "Oley" and would at the zenith of his naval career become a Vice-Admiral. We'll give a salute and a glowing tribute, The ship was slowed down and oil was poured on the waters. After registration William Jr. entered the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the former German liner now a U.S. Troopship named USS President Lincoln. As I find information on men who served on the USS President Lincoln I will list thier stories here. Karl Ernst Hoffmann passed away on April 17, 1970 in Hempstead, NY. Back of this came the after section, a large platform with a railing around it on which a number of very grimy members of the crew were standing. Some of these were sick and two acted on orders from the commanding officer with coolness, which was truly inspiring. The submarine then hailed the boat on which Lieutenant Izac was leaning over the gunwale with his gold rating stripes showing plainly, he not having followed the example of the rest of the officers in taking off their blouses and caps. A searchlight being turned on us responded to the signals, and a few minutes later a dark object at high speed appeared through the darkness, stopping very close to the rafts. New York, New York. The ship's wireless plant had been put out of commission by the force of the explosion, and although the ship's operator had sent the radio distress signals, yet it was known that the nearest destroyers were 250 miles away, protecting another convoy and it was possible that military necessity might prevent their being detached to come to our rescue. Witt’s crew numbered 344, and they remained aboard ship until August 26, 1914. 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