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And, of these six, five were twenty-four hours late, owing, I heard later, to inexcusable delays at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where they had been undergoing repairs. The consequence was that only the K-2 was here to meet the German invasion one lone submarine against a mighty fleet. Still, under favourable conditions, one lone submarine is a force to be reckoned with, as England learned in 1915.
The K-2 attacked immediately, revealing her periscope for a minute as she took her observations. Then she launched a torpedo at a big German supply-ship not more than a thousand yards away. "Good-bye, ship!" said Palmer, and we watched with fascinated interest the swift white line that marked the course of the torpedo.
It struck the vessel squarely amidships, and she sank within five minutes, most of the men aboard being rescued by boats from the fleet. It now went ill with the K-2, however; for, having revealed her presence, she was pursued by the whole army of swift destroyers.
As I think it over, I feel sure that if those other five submarines had been ready with the K-2, we might have had another story to tell. Possibly the slowness of the Brooklyn Navy Yard which is notorious, I understand may have spoiled the one chance that America had to resist this invasion.
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