Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight
Monday
Aug 6-
Berehaven
and
at sea
Yesterday (Sunday) was an uneventful day excepting for the receipt of a wireless message from the Vice Admiral at Queenstown1 stating that the convoy was 42 4hr hours later and suggesting the destroyer escort put into Berehaven to refuel and to start afresh. I complied with the suggestion and directed the destroyers proceed to Berehaven. It was an all night run for us at 18 knots until daylight and then 22 knots. We arrived at Berehaven at 8:30 am G.M.T. and immediately refueled. Captain Price, Fairfield, and Hutchins2 came on board for a few minutes. Received order to sail at 9 p.m. B.S.T. (8 P.M. [G].M.T.) so authorized ships to give liberty until 6 p.m. After lunch I went on board the Parker to see Halsey Powell.3 It was the first time I had seen him since his arrival on this side, and I wished to thank him for bringing me a letter from Lulie.4 It looks as if the Parker sank a submarine a few days ago. They saw the sub on the surface ran over to where it submerged, found its wake, and after running along it for a short distance passed directly over the submarine, the vessel itself being distinctly seen by the people on the bridge of the Parker. Two depth charges were let go, and large quantities of oil and some debris came to the surface.5
From the Parker I went to Dixie and called on Captain Price. Courtney6 was there also Received word that the convoy was due at the destroyer rendezvous at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. So I sent signal to all destroyer to sail at 6:30 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. I returned on board the Wadsworth, wrote a letter to Lulie, and then went ashore for a walk with Courtney and Fairfield. Returned on board at six, got up anchor at 6:30 and stood out to sea. Steamed at 20 knots until we ran into a rain squall and then slowed to 18 knots. This speed was necessary in order to reach rendezvous at 11 a.m.7
Source Note: D, RNW, Joseph Taussig Papers, Mss. Coll. 97. The diary is written on ruled paper with a vertical line one inch in along the left margin. The place and date is written in that space. It is sometimes repeated when the diary entry continues on second and third pages.
Footnote 1: VAdm. Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland.
Footnote 2: Cmdr. Henry B. Price, Commander, Dixie, Lt. Cmdr. Arthur P. Fairfield, Commander, McDougal, Cmdr. Charles T. Hutchins, Jr., Commander, Ericsson.
Footnote 3: Lt. Halsey Powell, Commnader, Parker.
Footnote 4: Lulie Taussig.
Footnote 5: There is no evidence that the submarine was sunk. See: Halsey Powell to Sims, 5 August 1917.
Footnote 6: Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Courtney, Commander, Destroyer Division Nine.
Footnote 7: For more on the rendezvous, see, Taussig Diary, 7 August 1917, RNW, Joseph Taussig Papers, Mss. Coll. 97.
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Sara Hitchcock Shepley, 8/8/1917
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- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, United States, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters 8/8/1917
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/17/1917
- Seaman Timothy Brown, Reid, to his Family, 8/18/1917
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- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/18/1917
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- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/19/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, 8/20/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/20/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/20/1917
- Office of Naval Intelligence to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/20/1917
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- British Admiralty to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/20/1917
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- President Woodrow Wilson Executive Order, 8/21/1917
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/21/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/22/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Bureau of Ordnance, 8/22/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/22/1917
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- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/23/1917
- British Admiralty Assessment of United States Submarines, 8/24/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/24/1917
- Lieutenant Commander Rufus King, Intelligence Officer, Atlantic Fleet, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, 8/24/1917
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/25/1917
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Captain William D. MacDougall, United States Naval Attaché in London, 8/25/1917
- Captain William B. Fletcher, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in French Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/25/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/26/1917
- President Woodrow Wilson Executive Order, 8/27/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/27/1917
- Vice Admiral Williams S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/28/1917
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Commander Orin G. Murfin, 8/28/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral Williams S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/28/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Circular for Ship Owners, 8/28/1917
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, 8/29/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/29/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/29/1917
- Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, Paymaster General and Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Intra-Bureau Order Number 216, 8/29/1917
- Secretary of State Robert Lansing to United States Ambassador to The United Kingdom Walter Hines Page 8/29/1917
- Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/29/1917
- Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/29/1917
- Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/30/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/30/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/30/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William B. Fletcher, Force Commander, Patrol Squadrons, French Waters, 8/30/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/30/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/30/1917
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Lieutenant Commander William R. Sayles, United States Naval Attaché in Paris, 8/30/1917
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- Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, Paymaster General, Intra-Bureau Order 217, 8/30/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/31/1917
- British Admiralty to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/31/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain William D. MacDougall, United States Naval Attaché at London, 8/31/1917
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