The _New York_, _Texas_, _Delaware_, _Florida_ and _Wyoming_ were twice attacked on June 30th. The division was steaming in line abreast, in open order, when a periscope was reported by the _Wyoming_, and was also seen by the destroyer _Parker_. The _Delaware_, _Florida_ and _Wyoming_ opened fire, their shells falling around the spot where the "scope" was sighted. The "sub" had immediately submerged, and the destroyers _Salmon_, _Parker_, and _Radstock_ dashed down the wake, dropping depth-bombs. The battleships moving on, leaving the _Radstock_ to search the vicinity. An hour later, in latitude 58°-44´ north, longitude 2°-34´ east, the second attack occurred, the _Delaware_ opening fire on a submarine reported astern. The escorting destroyers did not see the periscope, but three of them scouted down the lines and dropped ten depth-bombs. At 9 p. m., on July 28th, while cruising in latitude 57°-55´ north, longitude 0°-05´ east, the _Arkansas_ sighted a periscope. Opening fire with her port sky gun, she went to emergency full speed using her rudder to bring the object fired at ahead. At this moment the wake of a torpedo running toward the ship was sighted. Swinging to the left, the torpedo was avoided, and the battleship escaped unscathed. The occasion to which Admiral Rodman referred, when his flagship was rammed by a submarine, occurred when the _New York_ was leading the division into Pentland Firth. While turning with right rudder, her stern swinging to port, a heavy under-water blow was felt on her starboard quarter, followed immediately by another, which damaged the ship's starboard propeller, breaking off two of its blades. The water was deep, the channel clear of obstructions. No ordinary force could have delivered a blow powerful enough to smash propeller blades and dent the big ship's bottom. After weighing all the evidence, and examining the vessel's hull when she was docked, the court of inquiry verified the conclusion of Admiral Rodman, that the _New York_ had struck a submarine. While there were various theories, the one which seemed most tenable was that, in attempting to dive under the vessel, to get in position to attack, the U-boat had struck the _New York's_ propellers and been smashed as the battleship turned. The _New York_ was attacked again on October 16th, at Rosyth, while en route from a northern base. At one o'clock in the morning, three torpedoes were fired, all passing ahead of her. Owing to a damaged propeller, the ship was making only twelve knots. Ordinarily, she would have been going at the rate of sixteen knots or more. The submarine apparently misjudged her speed, aiming its torpedoes too far ahead. A submarine was sighted and reported by a patrol in the vicinity, and it is believed this was the same one which attacked the _New York_.