y describes the submarine in action, and
the many interesting features of this remarkable fighting craft are made
clear to the reader by a series of splendid line drawings.

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

[Illustration: _An explosion followed that seemed to tear everything to
pieces._]

THE BOY VOLUNTEERS
WITH THE
SUBMARINE FLEET

BY
KENNETH WARD

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1917, by
AMERICAN AUTHORS PUBLISHING CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE OMINOUS WARNING ON SHIPBOARD 13

II. THE TORPEDOED SHIP 25

III. PRISONERS ON BOARD OF A SUBMARINE 37

IV. THE TERRORS IN THE DARK ROOM OF AN UNDERSEA BOAT 49

V. SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF A SUBMARINE 58

VI. GROPING THROUGH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 68

VII. CAUGHT IN THE DEEP SEA NETS 78

VIII. THE NIGHT'S STRUGGLE TO FREE THE VESSEL 89

IX. THE CAPTURE OF THE SUBMERGED VESSEL 99

X. THE SECRET KEY TO THE BOMB FUSE 110

XI. OPERATING THE SUBMARINE WITH A CAPTIVE CREW 120

XII. THE DEATH BLOW TO THE SUBMARINE 130

XIII. THE RESCUE IN THE CHANNEL 142

XIV. TEN HOURS IN THE DANGER ZONE 151

XV. A FRIGHTFUL MINE EXPLOSION 161

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_An Explosion Followed That Seemed to Tear
Everything to Pieces_ _Frontispiece_

PAGE

_The Points of the Compass_ 27

_The Submarine Decoy_ 30

_Map Showing the Scene of the Wanderings of the Boys_ 43

_The Steel Nets_ 73

_The Entangled Submarine_ 95

_The Periscope_ 137

_The Conning Tower. All That Could Be Seen of
the Submarine_ 148

_A Contact Mine_