Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations
DISPATCH TO BE SENT.
Date Sept. 10, 1918.
To Opnav.
Prepared by CS Approved N.C.T. Code 35 ARD No. 4523
HIGHLY SECRET.
Your 857.1 Instructions to U.S. Merchant Vessels and to U.S. Naval Forces have been issued as directed. Admiralty propose to use their battle cruisers to bar the return of enemy raiders, and do not propose to use them for pursuit of raiders in the Atlantic.
I recommend the adoption of the following joint plan which has been prepared jointly by my staff and Admiralty Plans Division, and has the approval of the Admiralty:-
QUOTE. The Following Plan shall govern all vessels and convoys at sea after they have received warning of a raid.
PLAN.
1. Raider warning shall not be sent out without mutual consent of Navy Department and Admiralty, unless evidence is conclusive that raider is out.
2. As a rule convoys and supporting forces will be hand[l]ed by radio from the Navy Department or the Admiralty.
3. The aim will be to continue all voyages and to provide all convoys that are in danger with battleship escort by sending battleships from Halifax and Berehaven to overtake or to meet convoys not already escorted by battleships; and by combining convoys of approximately equal speed.
4. Battleship escorts will leave eastbound convoys and join westbound convoys as indicated by the situation, getting all their fuel in American ports.
5. During a raid all operations West of longitude forty shall be controlled by the Navy Department, in consultation with British C-in-C North Atlantic and West Indies,2 and all operations East of longitude forty shall be controlled by the Admiralty in consultation with the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, with complete interchange of information received and orders issued.
6. The ordinary machinery for routing shall continue in operation except that orders to convoys and escorts at sea to avoid raiders shall be sent direct from the Navy Department and the Admiralty to save time. Base Commanders concerned shall be informed of orders issued.
7. Special rendezvous routes to be used in the case of a raid in the absence of radio instructions will be given each convoy unescorted by battleships before sailing, and battleships will be sent out from Berehaven to join the convoys.
8. Commanders of battleships at Halifax and at Berehaven, and all Commodores of Convoys and Commanders of Escorts, shall be given the routes of convoys sailed or about to sail, together with the latest information on the submarine and raider situation.
9. Destroyer escorts will accompany Berehaven battleships when practicable.
CONVOY INSTRUCTIONS.
1. Raider warnings and all subsequent communications will be made in convoy cipher. Reports of enemy position will be broadcasted by shore stations.
2. Convoys shall listen in for radio instructions, but in their absence on receipt of warning the following shall govern:-
(a) Notwithstanding these general instructions, special vessels and convoys are given full discretion as to action taken to evade the enemy, when danger is imminent.
(b) When practicable convoys should seek to escape in the general direction of their destination.
(c) As a final resort convoy commanders when insufficiently protected may disperse their convoys.
(d) Maintain radio silence except that Senior Officer’s ship shall:-
(1) Report position and movements of raiding force if sighted.
(2) Relay to shore stations such reports if deemed necessary.
(3) Communicate rendezvous signals unless safety of convoy is thereby endangered.
EASTBOUND CONVOYS.
(e) Convoys escorted by battleships will continue their route.
(f) Convoys unescorted by battleships in the absence of radio instructions will get on rendezvous routes and follow them.
(g) Battleships will be despatched from Berehaven to join convoys unescorted by battleships.
(h) Convoys for which no battleship escorts are available may be ordered by radio to join escorted convoys.
(i) A separate rendezvous route will be assigned for convoys bound to:-
(1) French ports.
(2) English and St. Georges Channels.
(3) North Channel.
WESTBOUND CONVOYS.
(j) Convoys will, if practicable, continue their voyage.
(k) Westbound battleships will give such protection as practicable.
SOUTHERN CONVOYS.
(l) Should proceed on their voyage unless ordered to port.
UNQUOTE. 4523
/s/ SIMS.
Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B. see: Benson to Sims, 14 September 1918 for a follow-up from Benson requesting clarification on some of the points outlined in the above plan. Sims replied to Benson’s queries in a cablegram dated 16 September 1918.
Footnote 1: See: Opnav to Sims, 3 September 1918.
Footnote 2: VAdm. Sir William Lowther Grant, Commander-in-Chief, North American and West Indies Station.
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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, 9/17/1918
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- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Office of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/17/1918
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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, 9/17/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 9/17/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, George Rublee, United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council and Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, to George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, 9/17/1918
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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, 9/18/1918
- Vice Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby, R.N. Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, 9/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Commander, Submarine Chaser Detachment, Plymouth, 9/19/1918
- Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Recruiting Officers, 9/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Bureau of Navigation, 9/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 9/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Oswyn A.R. Murray, 9/19/1918
- Memorandum from the First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes, 9/19/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/19/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, 9/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 9/19/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Office of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/20/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 9/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Southern Ireland, 9/21/1918
- Surgeon General of the Navy William C. Braisted to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 9/21/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Wilson Brown Jr., Commander, U.S. Destroyer Parker, 9/21/1918
- Bureau of Ordnance to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/21/1918
- Captain John Halligan, Jr., Chief of Staff, on behalf of Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to All Ships in the Command, 9/22/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, Patrol Squadron Based on Gibraltar, 9/22/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Mark L. Requa, Director of Oil Division, United States Fuel Administration, and Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 9/23/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/23/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/23/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/23/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/23/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Commandants of Third, Fourth, Fifth Naval Districts, and Lieutenant Commander Warren C. Nixon, Commander in Chief, U.S.S. PATTERSON, 9/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 9/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 9/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby, Commander-in-Chief, Devonport, 9/24/1918
- Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/24/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, Patrol Squadron Based on Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers, Commander, Battleship Division Six, Atlantic Fleet, 9/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, 9/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in Europe, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, first cable of the day, 9/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 9/25/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/25/1918
- Intelligence Section, Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, Information Bulletin Number 219, 9/25/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Mark L. Requa, Director of Oil Division, United States Fuel Administration, 9/25/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, 9/25/1918
- Rear Admiral Sir W. Reginald Hall, R.N., Naval Intelligence Division, British Admiralty, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, first cable of the day, 9/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 9/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, third cable of the day, 9/25/1918
- Communications Division, Navy Department, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/25/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, and George Rublee, United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee, New York, and John Howland, United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, 9/26/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, and George Rublee, United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N Hurley, Chairman United States Shipping Board, 9/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in Europe, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 9/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in Europe, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 9/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in Europe, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 9/26/1918
- Executive Order of United States President Woodrow Wilson, 9/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Bureau of Navigation, 9/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, second cable of the day, 9/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, first cable of the day, 9/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 9/27/1918
- Secretary of State Robert Lansing to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/27/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, second cable of the day, 9/27/1918
- Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/28/1918
- Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 9/28/1918
- Captain Arthur J. Hepburn, Commander, Submarine Chaser Detachment Three, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/28/1918
- United States Chargé d’Affaires at Bergen, Norway, Hans Frederick A. Schoenfeld, to United States Embassy at London, 9/28/1918
- United States Chargé d’Affaires at Bergen, Norway, Hans Frederick A. Schoenfeld, to United States Embassy at London, 9/28/1918
- Lieutenant Edward B. Robinette, Assistant Naval Attaché, Stockholm to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/29/1918
- Commander Burrell C. Allen, Commander, U.S.S. DENT, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 9/29/1918
- Secretary of State Robert Lansing to United States Ambassador to Japan Roland S. Morris, 9/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, second cable of the day, 9/30/1918
- Intelligence Section, Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces in Europe, Information Bulletin, 9/30/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval of Operations to United States Navy, 9/30/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/30/1918
- Office of Naval Intelligence to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in Europe, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 9/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Forces Based in France, 9/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Forces Based in France, 9/30/1918
- Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, to Norwegian Consul, Ponta Delgada, Azores, 9/30/1918
- Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/30/1918
- Medal of Honor Citation for Lieutenant Commander James J. Madison, Commander, Ticonderoga, 9/30/1918
- October 1918
- November 1918
- Post-War: Transporting the AEF
- Post-War: The Role of the CNO
- Post-War: Naval Aviation
- Post-War: Demobilization
- Post-War: Sweeping the Northern Barrage
- Post-War: Northern Russia
- Post-War: Humanitarian Aid and Relief
- Post-war: Armistice and Final Treaty
- 1914
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