CAPE HENLOPEN HISTORY
1920
U.S. S-5 SUBMARNE SINKS
OFF DELAWARE COAST
The S-5 U.S. Submarine,
bound for Baltimore, sinks off Cape Henlopen , 55 miles east of
the Fenwick Shoals
Lightship and lay submerged 35 hours before being discovered.
The crew, all but two
officers, were rescued from the undersea craft after being
submerged
42 hours according to a 3
am radio message received at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Friday,
September 3, 1920.
The S-5 , with a crew of
four officers, 26 sailors, was bound for Baltimore to stimulate Navy
recruitment to complete the quota of the crew, and is now lying
55 mile east of Fenwick Shoals lightship in the Atlantic Ocean
off Cape Henlopen, disabled and submerged after it went down
Wednesday morning at 10 am.
An Army transport, the
General Goethals, is standing by, pumping air into the sub and
has
a precarious hold ,
keeping the vessel near the surface.
Commander of the S-5 is
Lieut. Charles M. Cook, Jr., who was in command of the U.S.
E-2 when an explosion
occurred in January, 1916, killing five crew men.
Commander Northcroft,
Navy recruiting bureau, had arrangements made to dock the
submarine at East Falls and Eastern Avenue for inspection by the
public.
Abstract: Baltimore
Sun, Friday, September 3, 1920
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