Henrv encountered another before she reached New York.
Vail was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
Reese received Navy Crosses and Fireman First Class W. Three men under Thompson's command -members of the "black gang"-received honors: Chief Water Tender Hal Neargardt, USN, and Fireman First Class W. Henry to maintain speed throughout the running battle. Working amidst flames and acrid smoke, Thompson and his men remained below, working the vital machinery, allowing George G. Thompson, USNRF the head of the engine room force. Weeden credited his ship's survival to Ens. Ten minutes later, the submarine gave up the chase and broke off the action. Its crew managed to get off two remaining rounds at 1015. The after gun, though, still had some fight left. Shrapnel flailed the superstructure of the tanker, wounding 14 men. U-152, however, passed the weather side of that bank of smoke and renewed the action, landing shells close aboard. Well placed salvoes managed to keep the enemy away, while six smoke floats dropped over the side produced a dense, impenetruble smoke screen that shielded the tanker for some 20 minutes. Henrv steered to bring her forward gun to bear while damage control parties fought the fires aft. While flames enveloped the fantail, George G. The German shell pierced the American ship's after deck, damaging the steering gear and destroying the after magazine. At 0905, U-152 managed to score a hit on the tanker. Henrv's gunners at the after mount managed to hurl 21 rounds at the enemy, landing several shells close aboard and forcing the surfaced submarine to maneuver radically. Attempting to keep the submarine directly astern, the tanker steered a northerly course and brought her after gun to bear on the enemy. Henrg sighted the German submarine Ui52 on the surface, 5,000 yards off her port beam, went to general quarters, and opened fire at once with her forward gun. After discharging that cargo at Le Havre, France, the tanker touched at Spithead and Plymouth, England, before setting out across the Atlantic on her way back to the east coast of the United States. Henrv departed New York on 29 August 1918, bound for European waters carrying aviation gasoline and Army medical stores. Constructed at San Francisco, Calif., by Union Iron Works, the ship was chartered by the United States Navy from her original owners, the Los Angeles Petroleum Co., on 23 August 1918 and commissioned at New York City the same day, Lt. 1 5", 1 3") The second Victoria was originally built in 1917 as the steel-hulled, single-screw tanker George G.
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