Lull, Frederick survey sheet - handwritten     On front of survey sheet (recto): Date of Enlistment: Sept. 12, 1909 Military Camps to which went: * U.S. Navy Units to which belonged: U.S. Naval Forces operating in foreign waters. Served on board the... * Hancock * Iowa * Idaho * and Destroyer Benham Date of trip overseas: May 10, 1917 Service there: Convoying of troop transports and supply ships Date of return: June 25, 1918 Date of demobilization: April 10, 1919 Honors received: As yet, None. (Over) On back of survey sheet (Verso): Was a member of the regular naval forces from Sept. 12, 1909 until after the late war, being discharged April 10th, 1919. During the war, I served on board the Destroyer Benham in European waters, which was one of the very first of American forces to arrive on the other side. In the period of time in which I served on board the Benham, we engaged twelve submarines, was shipwrecked on the night of August 20, 1919 sixty miles from the south Irish coast, lately rescued by the British sloop of war Zinia. The Benham was salvaged by American forces, repaired and renamed by its original crew. On the morning of Dec. 17, 1917, we picked up 29 survivors of a torpedoed British fr[e]ighter, and three hours later was nearly shipwrecked a second time in [?}...[the remainder of the line is glued to he scrapbook page].     NOTES Hancock [III] (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hancock-iii.htm Iowa [II; BB-1] (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i2/iowa-ii.htm Idaho [III} (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i1/idaho-iii.htm Benham [I; DD-49] (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b5/benham-i.htm U.S.S. Benham (DD-49) (NavSource) -- note also that the Benham's WWI skippers were none other than Lt. Commander William F.("Bull") Halsey and Commander Frank Jack Fletcher (both of whom would become celebrated U.S. Admirals in WWII (see clickable links near bottom of the page) http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/049.htm U.S.S. Benham (DD-49) (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Benham_(DD-49) This claims that the Zinia rammed the Benham, differing considerably from Mr. Lull's account, which says that the Zinia rescued survivors of a U-boat torpedo attack. HMS Zinia (Wikipedia. Azalea-Class Sloop) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azalea_class_sloop