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170 THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT
others were receiving fresh supplies from the tender. The
constant vigil, monotonous routine, and the nervous
strain of blockade duty, together with the extreme hard-
ships — for the submarine in this role would be forced
to spend the greater part of the time under water — would
exhaust the crew when on this duty probably quicker than
would any of the other roles of the submarine. Therefore
it would be well to change crews every time the boat was
forced to go to the tender for supplies. It would be an
easy matter to train an extra crew for each boat, and not
at all a difficult matter to find room for them on board
the tender.
In the role of the raider the submarine would proceed
to sea in the surface condition. Her purpose would be to
discover all the information regarding the enemy’s dispo-
sition and composition that she could and to prey upon
any ship of the enemy she could find. The commanding
officer would be given instructions to proceed to sea for
a certain length of time and to keep within a certain
general locality. Her operations would be independent
of any other craft, and would combine to a certain ex-
tent those of a surface cruiser with those of the under-
water craft.
Catching sight of smoke or a mast on the horizon, she
would immediately submerge and strike a course so as to
intercept the vessel seen. If upon drawing into range the
vessel was found to belong to the enemy, and engaged in
carrying on military operations, the submarine would
proceed with attack as described for the coast defense
boats.
In conjunction with the activities of the battle fleet,
the problem of maneuvering the submarines must be solved