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Title: Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Leighton, John Langdon. (from old catalog)
Subjects: United States. Navy World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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at Berehaven in therole of an offensive squadron against possible enemyraiders. The American Mine Force in Scotland laid80%, or 56,000 mines, of the Northern Mine Barragefrom Scotland to Norway, the greatest mining opera-tion in history. American chasers operated aroundthe Island of Corfu and maintained a constantwatch at the mouth of the Adriatic where all enemysubmarines in the Mediterranean had their base.Another detachment of chasers was stationed atPlymouth, and remained on constant patrol in theEnglish Channel. A third squadron of chasersarrived at Queenstown, but the Armistice cut shorttheir activities. An American cruiser was dispatchedto Archangel; seventy-three American cargo ves-sels, manned by Naval personnel, carried coal fromCardiff, Wales, to France for the use of the AmericanExpeditionary Force. The American Naval Avia-tion Service established twenty-nine stations andschools along the Coasts of France, England, Ireland,and Italy. Thus with 374 vessels, which steamed an
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The shaded areas show the areas in which our forces operated; theborders of the shaded parts are general, and they do not mean thatAmerican forces remained inside them. The figures show the per-centages of traffic, escorted by American naval vessels. The linesrunning in all directions show how Admiral Sims was in communica-tion with all of his bases. ^ NAVYDEPI. CommanderU.S. All.Fleet Ad. W. S. Sims U.S NAVAL PORT OFFICES,LiverpoulSouthamptonLe HavreGenoaMarseillesBizerta COMMANDERA. E. F. ARMY COAL TRADE CARDIFFRear Ad. Andrews MURMANSKU. S. S. OLYMPIACapl.McCully US.N f.LRtHAVEN 3 U.b UREADNAUGHTS Rear Ad.Rugeis US N SUBMARINE FLOT. SUPREME ALLIEDNAVAL COUNCIL OUEENSTOWN Ad. Payly R. N. Capt.Pringle U.SN. BREST ANDCOAST OF FRANCEVice Ad.Wilson U b N PLYMOUTHCHASERSm.Cotlcn U.S.N. GIbRALTAK Rear Ad.Grant R.N. Rear Ad.NiljIack U S N CORFU CHASERS Capt.Nelson U S N.

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