Courtesy of Scientific American
NAVIGATING THE “DEUTSCHLAND” BY MEANS OF THE DECK CONTROL. (NOTE OPEN HATCH LEADING TO CONNING TOWER.)
Her wireless aerial is held in place between two steel masts, each of which is 50 feet high and both of which can be folded down on the deck. The mast on her for’ard deck is fitted with a crow’s nest for a lookout, as though she were a real ship.
Her Captain and His Crew.—The inside of her hull is very much like an ordinary merchantman. For’ard are large and comfortable quarters for the officers, of whom there are nine, including Captain Koenig—a man you can’t help but admire. Abaft the ship are the quarters for the crew, and both fore and aft in her hold are compartments for the cargo she carries.
Her Valuable Cargo.—In making her first trip over from Bremen her cargo consisted of dyestuffs, medicines, synthetic stones[41] and other merchandise which took up small storage room and yet which was very valuable.
These she unloaded in Baltimore, and her return cargo was made up of crude rubber, tin, and nickel—materials much needed by the German Government for purposes of warfare.
She also served the very useful purpose of a packet, for by means of her Captain Koenig was able to hand personally to Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to the United States at that time, important instructions which would otherwise have been hard to get through.