PAUILLAC, NAVAL AVIATION STATION
Pauillac, on the Gironde River near Bordeaux, was one of the great assembly and repair bases maintained by the Navy.
FLIERS WHOSE EXPLOITS BROUGHT PRESTIGE TO NAVAL AVIATION
At the left, in his seaplane, is Lieutenant G. H. Ludlow, who was rescued, after his plane was disabled by enemy fire, by Ensign C. H. Hammann (inset). At the right is Lieutenant David S. Ingalls, first naval ace.
CHAPTER XXI
THE FERRY TO FRANCE
"N. O. T. S.," THE WORLD'S LARGEST CARGO FLEET—OPERATING 450 STEAMERS, NAVY HAULED MILLIONS OF TONS OF MUNITIONS, FOOD, FUEL AND SUPPLIES TO FORCES ABROAD—ONLY EIGHT SUNK BY U-BOATS OR MINES—"TICONDEROGA" TORPEDOED—DISAPPEARANCE OF "CYCLOPS" MYSTERY OF THE WAR.