Fighting with the Army, your comrades,
The Soldiers of the Sea, won fame in
Hard-fought battles that saved Paris,
Drove back the German hordes, and
Won for Humanity Complete and Glorious Victory.

In recognition of your splendid service, your dauntless deeds, this work is dedicated by one who was sometime your commander and always your shipmate.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[When the War Call Came]1
II.["To Be Strong Upon the Seas"]9
III.[The Break with Germany]19
IV.[The Day of Decision]30
V.[Sending Sims to Europe]36
VI.[Naval Allies in Historic Conference]45
VII.["We Are Ready Now, Sir"]53
VIII.[Race Between Wilson and Hindenburg]70
IX.[The Fleet the Kaiser Built for Us]89
X.[Guarding the Coast of France]99
XI.[Gibraltar and the Convoy]116
XII.[Shutting up the Hornets in Their Nests]125
XIII.[President Wilson as a Strategist]143
XIV.[Comrades of the Mist]151
XV.[Cinderellas of the Fleet]161
XVI.["Do Not Surrender"—"Never"]173
XVII.[When the U-Boats Came to America]187
XVIII.[Marines Stopped Drive on Paris]206
XIX.[The Answer to the 75-Mile Gun]218
XX.[The Navy That Flies]228
XXI.[The Ferry to France]241
XXII.[Radio Girdled the Globe]250
XXIII.[A Surprise for Count von Luxburg]259
XXIV.[American Admiral Saved Kolchak]268
XXV.[The Half-Way House]275
XXVI.[To Victory on a Sea of Oil]280
XXVII.[Edison—and 100,000 More]285
XXVIII.[Building a Thousand Ships]297
XXIX.[Making Sailors out of Landsmen]309
XXX.[Three Hundred Thousand Strong]318
XXXI.[Women in the Navy]328
XXXII.[Coast Guard Wins Distinction]332
XXXIII.[Winning the First Battle of the War]341
XXXIV.[Fighting the Profiteers]347
XXXV.["Sirs, All Is Well with the Fleet"]354
XXXVI.[After the Armistice]366

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Josephus Daniels]Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[War Chiefs of the Navy, the Secretaryand his Advisory Council]16
[A Friendly Bout]17
[School Hour Aboard a Battleship]17
[President Wilson and the War Cabinet]32
[American Dreadnoughts, the Embodiment ofSea Power]33
[American Destroyers in Queenstown Harbor]52
[The Return of the Mayflower]53
[The Surrender of the U-58]58
[Crew of the Fanning, which sank the U-58]59
[They, Too, Were Ready]67
[The Seattle and Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves]68
[A Dash through the Danger Zone]68
[The Sinking of the President Lincoln]80
[The Secretary of the Navy with Captain Dismukes and themen who saved the Mount Vernon]81
[The Mount Vernon safely in port afterbeing torpedoed]81
[Brest, Center of the Great System of NavalOperations in France]112
[A German "Sub" and Some of its Enemies]113
[At Gibraltar, Key to the Mediterranean]124
[The Great Mine Barrage against the Submarines]125
[Planting Mines in the North Sea]128
[How the Big Mines in the North SeaBarrage Worked]129
[One of the Perils of Mine-Sweeping]136
[The Mine-Sweepers Proved Wonderful Sea Boats]136
[United States Naval Officers in ImportantCommands]137
[American and British Naval Officials]137
[The Transport which carried PresidentWilson to the Peace Conference]144
[Allied Naval Council in Session at Paris]145
[Fifth Battle Squadron Joining the BritishGrand Fleet]160
[Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet]161
[American Sub-chasers at Corfu, Greece]168
[A Flock of Sub-chasers with their Mother-ship]169
[Gun-crew of the Luckenbach has aFour-Hour Fight with a Submarine]192
[Chief Gunner's Mate Delaney, ofthe Campana, Defying his Captors]193
[The Merchant Submarine Deutschland]193
[Leaders of the Marines]208
[The Marines in Belleau Wood]209
[Naval Railway Battery Firing fromThierville upon Longuyon]224
[On the Turret Platform of a Battleship]225
[Assembling Naval Airplanes at Brest]228
[A Navy Blimp Leaving Hangar at Guipavas,France]229
[Naval Aviation Hangars at Guipavas]229
[Pauillac, Naval Aviation Station]240
[Fliers whose Exploits Brought Prestigeto Naval Aviation]241
[The Station Whose Messages are Heardaround the World]256
[The Tablet on the Main Building of theLafayette Radio Station]257
[Eagle Boats at Anchor in the Ice of theWhite Sea]274
[The Half-Way House]275
[The Naval Consulting Board and the NavyDepartment Chiefs]288
[Secretary Daniels and Thomas A. Edison]289
[Fitting Out for Distant Service]304
[Hanging up a Record]305
[The Living Flag]320
[United States Naval Academy at Annapolis]321
[Yeomen (F) in Liberty Loan Parade,New York City]328
[Cyclops, the Collier which Disappearedwithout Leaving a Trace]329
[Lost with Every Man on Board (CoastGuard Cutter Tampa)]336
[They Saved Survivors of Torpedoed Vessels]337
[Gallant Officers of the Coast Guard]337
[A General View of Bantry Bay]352
[A Close-up View of American "Subs" atBerehaven]352
[Rodman and Beatty]353
[From Manila to the Adriatic]368
[Scorpion, only American Naval VesselInterned during the War]369