An item dated Washington, USA 28 August reported that the American submarine chaser No. 209 with as homeport Philadelphia, USA was sunk by the merchant steamship Felix Tausig (1) early in the morning of the 27th off Fire Island, New York. The crew of the merchant ship thought she was a submarine. Of her crew consisting of men belonging to the Naval reserve were 17 men included the commanding officer and the 1st officer still missing. Of the rescued sailors were several wounded like Thomas Harran chief boatswains’ mate, Claude Wild engineers’ mate and Clarence S. Evans.
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1. Identical to the cargo ship Felix Taussig, built by the Newport New Shipbuilding Company in 1917, purchased by the US Navy on 29 August 1918, commissioned on 31 August 1918 and decommissioned on 26 April 1919 at Philadelphia? She was commanded by Lieutenant Commander C.R. Calhoun.
