TRANSCRIBED FROM THE HOME NEWS JUNE 18, 1918, P. 1
June 22, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Received your package insured and will say I was much pleased with the contents, even though this being the first package to receive from you since leaving the training station.
Tonight I am in the city of New York, just returning from Coney Island where I had oodles of fun and now am all fixed up for a good nights sleep in the beautiful Martinique Hotel.
My ship is just back from a real trip, having on this trip actually sunk a sub. No doubt you noticed in the papers about the German intern ship President Lincoln being sunk by a German sub. This ship is one we convoyed over to France so on her return trip she was torpedoed and sunk.
Returning from this trip and too close to American port on the morning of the 15th we sighted a sub, so after a hot chase we manuvered over her at 27 miles an hour, as speed has to be developed to drop depth bombs, in which on droping 5 depth bombs we brought oil and wreckage to the top. Gee! but it was exciting.
Hoping to get a furlough soon and for goodness sake, write more often.
Your son,
R.F. HAYES
NOTES: Letter was received by Mrs. N. J. Hayes from her son Fink. He enlisted in the navy on June 15, 1917. At the time of this letter he was serving onboard the U. S. S. Frederick.
TRANSCRIBED BY GABBY RUSHING
June 22, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Received your package insured and will say I was much pleased with the contents, even though this being the first package to receive from you since leaving the training station.
Tonight I am in the city of New York, just returning from Coney Island where I had oodles of fun and now am all fixed up for a good nights sleep in the beautiful Martinique Hotel.
My ship is just back from a real trip, having on this trip actually sunk a sub. No doubt you noticed in the papers about the German intern ship President Lincoln being sunk by a German sub. This ship is one we convoyed over to France so on her return trip she was torpedoed and sunk.
Returning from this trip and too close to American port on the morning of the 15th we sighted a sub, so after a hot chase we manuvered over her at 27 miles an hour, as speed has to be developed to drop depth bombs, in which on droping 5 depth bombs we brought oil and wreckage to the top. Gee! but it was exciting.
Hoping to get a furlough soon and for goodness sake, write more often.
Your son,
R.F. HAYES
NOTES: Letter was received by Mrs. N. J. Hayes from her son Fink. He enlisted in the navy on June 15, 1917. At the time of this letter he was serving onboard the U. S. S. Frederick.
TRANSCRIBED BY GABBY RUSHING