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Photo #: NH 69229 USS S-4 (SS-109) "Partially raised S-4 begins to sink a second time after a leak in the Motor Room foiled salvage operations. S-4 had been submerged for 49 hours when salvage operations using pontoons attached to pad eyes was begun, 20 December 1928." (quoted from original caption released with this photograph in 1928). USS S-4 had been accidently sunk a year earlier, and, following salvage and repairs, was in use at the time of this photograph for developing equipment and techniques for submarine rescue and salvage. This view shows her bow lifting out of the water as she sinks by the stern, while illuminated by a searchlight. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 36KB; 740 x 500 pixels |
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