Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations
U.S. NAVAL FORCES OPERATING IN EUROPEAN WATERS
U.S.S. MELVILLE, FLAGSHIP.
TELEPHONE, VICTORIA 9110 30, GROSVENOR GARDENS,
CABLE ADDRESS, “SIMSADUS” LONDON, S.W.1
REFERENCE No. May 2nd. 1918.
My dear Benson,
I enclose herewith a copy of a letter which explains itself.1 The references in the letter to certain paragraphs in the reports in question are as follows:-
From the report of April 20th:2
“4. ROSYTH BASE.
Without knowing positively, it is assumed that the fleet3 will remain based here indefinitely.”
From the report of April 27th:4
“2. CONVOY MOVEMENTS AND ENEMY’S ATTACKS.
“As previously stated the supporting force to trans NORTH SEA convoy usually consists of a division of battleships and destroyer screen, a division of light cruisers and screen, beside the armed convoy guard consisting usually of a leader, ten destroyers, and an average of about six armed trawlers.
The plan of operations call for a west bound convoy to leave a NORWEGIAN port on the arrival of the east bound one; the same supporting force to protect both. This will usually require the supporting force to protect both. This will usually require the supporting force to remain at least a couple of days at a dangerous distance from the Grand Fleet’s base, and invites an attack in force by the enemy.
A discussion of the probabilities, possibilities, “ifs”, etc., would be endless; the salient points to be considered being dependent upon previous information of the convoy’s movements reaching the enemy, and the enemy’s movements reaching the Commander-in-Chief.
I am of the opinion, which is shared by most, if not all of the flag officers of the GRAND FLEET, that there are possibilities of grave disaster to the supporting force, and that it is a matter for deep consideration.”
As stated in the enclosed letter to Admiral Rodman,5 I have thought it best to take this matter up personally. Rodman has been doing excellent work in the Fleet but he is rather impulsive and liable to “slop over” at times.6
I am quite sure he did not at all realize how detrimental the criticisms referred to might very well be, and I believe that he will recognise this and that there will be no further trouble.
Very sincerely yours,
Source Note: LT, DLC-MSS, William Sims Papers, Container 49.
Footnote 1: Sims’ letter has not been found.
Footnote 2: This report has not been found.
Footnote 3: The Grand Fleet, commanded by Adm. Sir David Beatty. The United States Atlantic Fleet’s Battleship Division Nine was attached to the Grand Fleet under Beatty’s command.
Footnote 4: This report has not been found.
Footnote 5: RAdm. Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine.
Footnote 6: Although Sims’ letter to Rodman is not included here, it is quoted in Jerry Jones’ “Battleship Operations in World War I.” Sims strongly objected to Rodman’s comments, saying they indicated “a complete lack of confidence in the commander-in-chief [Beatty] and the Admiralty.” He feared that if Rodman’s comments reached Beatty or anyone else in the British Admiralty, it would cause serious strains in Anglo-American relations. Rodman apparently took Sims’ rebuke to heart, and there is no indication of him making any further complaints. Jones, “U.S. Battleship Operations”: 104-106. While Sims approved of Rodman’s performance during the war, the two experienced a very severe falling out during subsequent Congressional hearings into the Navy Department’s wartime performance. Still, Crisis at Sea: 48-50.
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/4/1918
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- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/4/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/4/1918
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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, 5/5/1918
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- Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, to Naval District Commandants, District Supervisors of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, and Industrial Manager, New York Navy Yard, 5/6/1918
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 5/6/1918
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/6/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/6/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, Atlantic Fleet, 5/7/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, 5/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 5/8/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Capt. Robert L. Russell, Commandant, Twelfth Naval District, and Capt. Robert E. Coontz, Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, 5/8/1918
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Little, 5/8/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 5/8/1918
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- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/9/1918
- Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/9/1918
- Rear Admiral William B. Caperton, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, to Captain George B. Bradshaw, Commander, Pittsburgh, 5/9/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/9/1918
- Lindon W. Bates, Chairman of the Engineering Committee, Submarine Defense Association, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/9/1918
- Navy Department Instructions Concerning the Disposition of Prisoners of War Captured by Naval Forces in Foreign Waters, 5/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/10/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Charles R. Belknap, Jr., Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/10/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/10/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 5/10/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/10/1918
- Lieutenant Harry F. Guggenheim, Administration Division, Naval Aviation Forces, Paris, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander,Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 5/10/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Forces, Atlantic Fleet, 5/10/1918
- Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/10/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in Europe, 5/11/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in Europe, to All Naval Forces, 5/11/1918
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/11/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/11/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/11/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, 5/12/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/12/1918
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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, 5/12/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/13/1918
- Admiral Willian S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/13/1918
- Lindon W. Bates, Chairman, Engineering Committee, The Submarine Defense Association, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/13/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 5/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to All Forces, 5/14/1918
- Commander Walter G. Roper, Commander, Cythera, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/14/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/14/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Circular on High Powered Guns for Troop Transports, 5/14/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Falconer, Commander, Wadena, 5/14/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/15/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, Director of Naval Intelligence, 5/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/15/1918
- Office of Naval Intelligence, Memorandum on Camouflage, 5/15/1918
- Edwin L. Reed, Aide for Information, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Naval Districts, to Captain Roger Welles, Director of Naval Intelligence, 5/15/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United State Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/16/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Vice Admiral William S. Sim, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/16/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/16/1918
- Captain Richard H. Jackson, United States Naval Attaché at Paris, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Sqaudrons Operating in European Waters, 5/16/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, Shipping Board, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 5/16/1918
- Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, Commandant, First Naval District, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 5/17/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 5/17/1918
- Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Joseph W. Oman, Commandant, Second Naval District, 5/17/1918
- Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/17/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Memorandum to Forces in American Coastal Waters, 5/17/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/17/1918
- Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 5/17/1918
- Reverend Jesse Halsey, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/17/1918
- Third Sea Lord Rear Admiral Lionel Halsey, Chief of Naval Materiel, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/17/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Forces, Atlantic Fleet, to Cruiser and Transport Forces, 5/17/1918
- Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to All Navy Department Bureaus, 5/17/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/17/1918 - 5/19/1918
- Lieutenant Valentine Wood, Leonidas, to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, 5/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, 5/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, Atlantic Fleet, 5/18/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/18/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/18/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/18/1918
- Press Conference Given By Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/18/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, 5/18/1918
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Little, 5/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, 5/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 5/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Bureau of Navigation, 5/19/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/19/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/19/1918
- Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/19/1918
- Captain John K. Robison, Commander, Huntington, to Commander Charles S. Joyce, Commander, Hannibal, 5/19/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Louis C. Farley, Commander, U.S.S. Allen, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 5/20/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/20/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/20/1918
- Diary of Captain Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Little, 5/21/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/21/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/21/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/21/1918
- Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 5/21/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to All United States Naval Forces, 5/21/1918
- Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/21/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/21/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/22/1918
- Commander Herbert G. Sparrow, Commander, Chicago, and Chief of Staff, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/22/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/22/1918
- Lieutenant Robert K. Awtrey, Davis, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, Atlantic Fleet, 5/22/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based At Gibraltar, 5/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/23/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 5/24/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 5/24/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Commanding Officers, Gibraltar Patrol Squadron, 5/24/1918
- Professor J. A. Field,, Shipping Board to George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, 5/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Richard H. Jackson, United States Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, 5/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Navala Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lindon W. Bates, Submarine Defense Association, 5/25/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/25/1918
- Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson, Commander, Squadron One, Patrol Force, Atlantic Fleet, Plan for the Protection of Shipping in the Florida Straits, 5/25/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 5/25/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 5/25/1918
- John F. Anderson, Vice President, International Association of Machinists, to Inspector John Moffitt, Department of Labor, 5/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operation, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 5/26/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based At Gibraltar, to Commanding Officers, Gibraltar Patrol Squadron, 5/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/26/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/27/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/27/1918
- Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 5/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 5/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/28/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/28/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based At Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/28/1918
- Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 5/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 5/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/29/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Representative Benjamin. K. Focht, R-Pennsylvania, 5/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/29/1918
- Diary of Captain Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Little, 5/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/30/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 5/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Bureau of Ordnance, 5/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 5/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 5/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 5/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, 5/31/1918
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