I regret that I have not been able to describe the work of all of our officers and men; to do this, however, would demand more than a single volume. One of the disappointing aspects of destroyer work was that many of the finest performances were those that were the least spectacular. The fact that an attack upon a submarine did not result in a sinking hardly robbed it of its importance; many of the finest exploits of our forces did not destroy the enemy, but they will always hold a place in our naval annals for the daring and skill with which they were conducted. In this class belong the achievements of the _Sterrett_, under Lieutenant-Commander Farquhar; of the _Benham_, under Lieutenant-Commander D. Lyons; of the _O'Brien_, under Lieutenant-Commander C. A. Blakeley; of the _Parker_, under Lieutenant-Commander H. Powell; of the _Jacob Jones_, under Lieutenant-Commander D. W. Bagley; of the _Wadsworth_, under Lieutenant-Commander Taussig, and afterward I. F. Dortch; of the _Drayton_, under Lieutenant-Commander D. L. Howard; of the _McDougal_, under Commander A. L. Fairfield; and of the _Nicholson_, under Commander F. D. Berrien. The senior destroyer commander at Queenstown was Commander David C. Hanrahan of the _Cushing_, a fine character and one of the most experienced officers of his rank in the Navy. He was a tower of strength at all times, and I shall have occasion to mention him later in connection with certain important duties. The Chief-of-Staff at Queenstown, Captain J. R. P. Pringle, was especially commended by Admiral Bayly for his "tact, energy, and ability." The American naval forces at Queenstown were under my immediate command. Necessarily, however, I had to spend the greater part of my time at the London headquarters, or at the Naval Council in Paris, and it was therefore necessary that I should be represented at Queenstown by a man of marked ability. Captain Pringle proved equal to every emergency. He was responsible for the administration, supplies, and maintenance of the Queenstown forces, and the state of readiness and efficiency in which they were constantly maintained was the strongest possible evidence of his ability. To him was chiefly due also the fact that our men co-operated so harmoniously and successfully with the British. As an example of the impression which our work made I can do no better than to quote the message sent by Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly to the Queenstown forces on May 4, 1918: "On the anniversary of the arrival of the first United States men-of-war at Queenstown, I wish to express my deep gratitude to the United States officers and ratings for the skill, energy, and unfailing good-nature which they have all consistently shown and which qualities have so materially assisted in the war by enabling ships of the Allied Powers to cross the ocean in comparative freedom. "To command you is an honour, to work with you is a pleasure, to know you is to know the best traits of the Anglo-Saxon race."