| The Corsair rescues the Crew of the Sinking Californian | Frontispiece |
| Admiral H. B. Wilson, commanding the U.S. Naval Forces in France | 4 |
| Commander Theodore A. Kittinger, U.S.N., commanding U.S.S. Corsair | 10 |
| Lieutenant Commander William B. Porter, later commanding U.S.S. Corsair, and Lieutenant Robert E. Tod, Navigator | 16 |
| Fitting the Corsair for the War Zone | 22 |
| Number Two Gun Crew on Watch | 26 |
| They are All Sea Dogs together | 26 |
| Some of the Officers and Crew, before leaving New York | 32 |
| With America’s First Convoy: Troop-Ships Henderson, Antilles, Momus, and Lenape | 38 |
| The Mine functions and a Lurking U-Boat would find it excessively Unhealthy | 38 |
| The Kind of “Gobs” the Country was proud of | 44 |
| The German Submarine was a Tiny Target even when on the Surface | 44 |
| Boatswain’s Mate Seger, from Passaic | 50 |
| Pharmacist’s Mate Feeley and Mess Attendant Martinez | 50 |
| Winning Boat Crew in Fourth of July Race with Aphrodite | 56 |
| “The Bridge Gang” | 56 |
| Starting the Swimming Race from a Mooring Buoy | 62 |
| Water Sports on the Fourth of July: The Race between Life-Rafts with Coal Shovels for Paddles | 62 |
| A Wet Day for the Deck Watch | 66 |
| French and Underhill are dolled up for the Camera | 66 |
| The Burning American Schooner Augustus Weld | 70 |
| From the Corsair’s Main-Top: The Convoy steams out | 70 |
| “Coal on the Corsair, Fill every bin. We work like hell, boys, Till it’s all in” | 74 |
| A French Fishing-Smack which dared the Ruthless Warfare | 78 |
| The S.S. Manto, which sped through the War Zone At Five Knots | 78 |
| A Group of Chief Petty Officers | 84 |
| A Liberty Party at Brest | 84 |
| The Gunner’s Mates and the Long Row of Depth Charges ready to plop over the Stern | 88 |
| Another View of the Mine Track, showing the Y Gun or Double Mortar | 88 |
| French Fishermen who were set adrift | 92 |
| The Castaways find a Hearty Welcome on the Corsair | 92 |
| Gunner’s Mates Barko and Moore, and a Depth Charge | 98 |
| Watching the Aphrodite go out on Patrol | 98 |
| Engineering Force of the Corsair | 102 |
| Lieutenant J. J. Patterson, Engineer Officer, and his Husky “Black Gang” | 102 |
| A Boat-Load of Survivors from the Antilles coming alongside | 106 |
| Naval Officers rescued from the Antilles, with General McNair, U.S.A. | 106 |
| The Antilles crowded with Troops on her Last Voyage to France | 110 |
| The Alcedo picks up the Antilles Survivors | 110 |
| The Corsair drops a Mine and shakes up Fritz | 114 |
| The Finland, just after she was torpedoed | 118 |
| Destroyer Preston, which was caught in the Hurricane and also found Refuge at Lisbon | 118 |
| Chief Yeoman Paulson | 122 |
| Gunner’s Mate Wiley | 122 |
| Bucking into the Winter Seas | 128 |
| She takes ’em aboard Green | 128 |
| The Ship’s Cooks and the Wardroom Steward | 134 |
| The Noble Job of peeling “Spuds” | 134 |
| Boatswain’s Mate Houtz in the Navy’s Storm Clothes | 140 |
| Swollen Sea, from the Forward Crow’s-Nest | 140 |
| A Letter from Home: Coaling Ship must wait | 144 |
| Carroll Bayne gets his Ensign’s Commission | 144 |
| How the Hurricane Seas pounded the Yacht: “The Poor Old Ship was a Mess” | 150 |
| What was left of the Emergency Wheel | 156 |
| When the Hurricane slapped the Windows | 156 |
| Assistant Engineer Hawthorn and his Watch | 160 |
| The Crew of Number Three Gun | 160 |
| Temporary Repairs, after the Hurricane | 164 |
| What the Forward Deck-House looked like while running for Lisbon | 164 |
| Cleaning up at Lisbon, after the Hurricane | 172 |
| Lisbon Harbor and the Tug that towed the Corsair to the Dockyard | 176 |
| The American Legation at Lisbon where the Corsair’s Crew found a Home | 176 |
| The Corsair in Drydock at Lisbon | 182 |
| At her Mooring Buoy, Brest | 182 |
| “Doc” Laub agrees that “this is the Life if you don’t weaken” | 188 |
| Coxswain Dave Tibbott waits with the Launch | 188 |
| The Cheery French Pilot, Lieutenant Mejeck | 194 |
| Chief Quartermaster Benton | 194 |
| The Home of the American Naval Officers’ Club in Brest | 200 |
| American Yachts clustered inside the Breakwater, Brest | 206 |
| The Faithful Wakiva, which was sunk in Collision | 212 |
| Big Transports in Brest Harbor | 212 |
| Chief Quartermaster Farr stands with Folded Arms and indicates that he has his Sea-Legs with him | 216 |
| Commander Kittinger says Good-Bye to Lieutenant Commander Porter as the Latter takes over the Command | 216 |
| Lieutenant Schanze, Ensign Gray, Lieutenant Commander Porter, Chief Engineer Hutchison, Commander Kittinger, and Lieutenant McGuire | 220 |
| At Rosyth: Lieutenant Nolan, Dr. Agnew, Commander Porter, Lieutenant McGuire, Ensign Acorn, Lieutenant Patterson, Ensign Wangerin, and Paymaster Erickson | 220 |
| Rolling out to find a Convoy | 226 |
| A Little Water on Deck | 226 |
| The Sinking Californian: Going, Going, Almost Gone! | 232 |
| Californian Survivors aboard the Corsair | 232 |
| A Mascot from the Californian, known as “The Mutt” | 238 |
| The Newfoundland Pup saved from the French Fishing Bark | 238 |
| The Dagfin, broken down and helpless. The Corsair stands by | 244 |
| Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet | 248 |
| H. A. Breckel, Chief Radio Operator | 256 |
| Electricians Swan and Plummer, of the highly Efficient Radio Gang | 256 |
| At the Emergency Wheel: Heavy Weather Offshore | 262 |
| The Trim, Immaculate Navy Man: After Coaling Ship | 262 |
| Boatswain’s Mate French bought a Pet Parrot in Lisbon | 268 |
| “Tommy,” the Ship’s Cat, who finished strong in the Hurricane | 268 |
| “Teddy,” who was given a Military Funeral when he swallowed a Nail | 268 |
| With the Grand Fleet at Rosyth | 274 |
| Surrendered German Submarines tied up at Portland | 274 |
| The Corsair at Queenstown as Flagship of Admiral Sims | 278 |
| Seaman Henry Barry, before they wished Another Job on him | 282 |
| Gunner’s Mate Simpson hopes to spot that Sub | 282 |
| The Homeward-Bound Pennant: “We’re off for Little Old New York, thank God” | 286 |
| The Corsair when in Commission as a Yacht before the War | 290 |
| Admiral William S. Sims, commanding the U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters | 294 |
| Map showing the Corsair’s Wanderings in the War Zone | 304 |