May 12 1918 Imperial German Navy U-boat SM U-103 was preparing to launch torpedoes from her stern tubes at the RMS Olympic when the passenger liner turned to ram the sub.
U-103 started to crash dive but not fast enough. Olympic sliced through the sub killing 8 crew the rest were able to abandon ship but were ignored by Olympic. USS Davis later sighted a flare and took the sub’s 35 survivors as POWs to Queenstown.
USS DAVIS (DD-65)
