"Remembering the Squalus" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 04 Jun 2014 4:45 p.m. PST |
On May 23, 1939, the USS Squalus was tragically lost at sea off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Twenty-six lives were lost, thirty-three were saved. The story as told by Carl la Vo in The Short Life of the Squalus follows. (originally published in the Spring 1988 issue of Naval History magazine)… link |
| William Warner | 04 Jun 2014 5:28 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the article. I served from 1968 to 1970 on the USS Submarine Rescue Ship Greenlet, (ASR10), and we regularly practiced deploying the McCann rescue chamber. To my knowledge the McCann chamber was never again used to rescue a submarine crew. Nevertheless, the ASRs were were always ready to do so. |
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