Submarine Deep-Diving Record
The United States submarine torpedo-boat "F-1" beat the world's record for deep diving on September 5. She went to a depth, in San Francisco Bay, of 283 feet, the previous world record being 256 feet. The pressure of the water from the outside at that depth, as recorded by their pressure gage, was 125 pounds to the square inch. The crew of 24 that was on the vessel remained with her at that depth for six hours, taking dinner in the meantime. The powerful strain on the vessel caused it to bulge in many of its parts, and fine sprays of water came spurting in where there was the least weakness. But altho the men acknowledged that they were in danger of instant death at any moment, yet they said "it was all a part of the war game," and they were ready for whatever might come. The perfection that is being attained by this modern kind of war craft, and the awful destruction that they are capable of rendering, make the issues and the plans of the next naval war between first-class powers all uncertainty or conjecture.