Vice Admiral Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in Europe
Admiralty House,
Queenstown,
10. 8. 17.
My dear Admiral
Very many thanks for the knife! Exactly what I wanted. Herewith a postal order.1 I think things are on the right track now; there was bound to be a jolt or two on starting, but Jellicoe and you both have hold so I feel that the machine will go on all right.2 It is quite evident to me that the outward bound ships will have to be convoyed, for it I were the German chief of staff and the S/Ms3 returned saying they had not met any deep ships.4 I should tell the next outgoing S/M to look for deep laden ships in a certain area and if he did not find any after he had been out 1/4 of his time he was to spend the rest of it sinking empty ones, the biggest he could find.
There are still complaints that the convoys show lights, and signals, and that destroyers sometimes meet them at night. Offenders will have to be seriously dealt with, and light must be shaded, in two dimensions-bearing and distance. For instance I read today in the convoy orders that a light was to be put on the main mast 60 feet above the stern light shaded so as to only show (I quote from memory) about 3 points on each quarter. But it is quite as important that it should be shaded so as not to show over a mile away.
But I only mention this because we must not lose a single point at present we are in clover because our enemy has not yet elucidated our plans. But when he does we shall have to keep very wide awake, for a weak spot will speedily become a big rent. I had not got the schedule you sent me; it is just what I wanted.
sgd — Yours very sincerely,
sgd. Lewis Bayly,
Source Note: CyS, DLC-MSS, William S. Sims Papers, Container 23. Notation in top left-hand corner “Admiral Sims./Personal File.”
Footnote 1: The postal order is not with the copy. It was to reimburse Sims for the purchase of Bayly’s knife.
Footnote 2: First Sea Lord Adm. Sir John R. Jellicoe. See: Sims to Bayly, 8 August 1917 and Sir John R. Jellicoe to Bayly, 8 August 1917.
Footnote 3: That is, submarines.
Footnote 4: That is, ships laden with cargo.
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- Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/10/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/1/1917
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- Executive Order of President Woodrow Wilson, 8/1/1917
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- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to All Officers of the United States Navy, 8/2/1917
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- New York Herald Report on Alleged Submarine Attack, 8/2/1917
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Richard H. Jackson, American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, 8/3/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Captain William B. Fletcher, Commander, Special Patrol Squadrons, 8/3/1917
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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, 8/4/1917
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/4/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, 8/4/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 8/5/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/5/1917
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of Chief of Naval Operations., 8/6/1917
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- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, 8/6/1917
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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, 8/7/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/7/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/7/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operation to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/7/1917
- Rear Admiral Heathcote S. Grant, Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, to British Admiralty, 8/7/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/7/1917
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Destroyer Division Eight, 8/8/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Sara Hitchcock Shepley, 8/8/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/8/1917
- First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/8/1917
- List of Ships to be Based at Gibraltar, 8/8/1917
- Memorandum to Committee on Standard Plans, Fleet Emergency Corporation, 8/8/1917
- Commander Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Commander Henry B. Price, Commander, Melville, 8/8/1917
- 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
- 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
- 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 Lindon W. Bates, Chairman of Engineering Committee, Submarine Defense Association, 8/8/1917
- Commander William R. Sayles, United States Naval Attaché at Paris, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/9/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/9/1917
- Captain Richard H. Jackson. American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/9/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 8/9/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/10/1917
- Notice Posted on U.S.S. Reid by Commander, Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Slayton, 8/10/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, 8/11/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/11/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/11/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, Force Instructions No. 1, 8/11/1917
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Admiral William B. Caperton, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, 8/11/1917
- British Admiralty to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 8/11/1917
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/12/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, 8/13/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Operating Forces in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/13/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/13/1917
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- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Memorandum on Foreign Fuel Oil Situation, 8/14/1917
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- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/14/1917
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of Chief of Naval Operations, 8/15/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/15/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/15/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 8/16/1917
- War Diary of U.S.S. Palos, 8/16/1917
- British Foreign Office to the Governments of France and Italy, 8/17/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/17/1917
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/17/1917
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillass, to Lieutenant Commander Ernest Friedrick, Commander, Nahma, 8/17/1917
- 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
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in Europe Waters, 8/18/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/18/1917
- War Diary of U.S.S. Rowan, 8/19/1917
- 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
- Lieutenant Commander Paul Foley to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/20/1917
- British Admiralty to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/20/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/20/1917
- President Woodrow Wilson Executive Order, 8/21/1917
- 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 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
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 8/23/1917
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 8/23/1917
- 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
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Oswyn A. R. Murray, Secretary, British Admiralty , 8/30/1917
- 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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