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Photo #: NH 45641
Submarine Escape "Lung"
Crewman A.L. Rosenkotter of USS V-5 (SC-1) demonstrates
the use of the submarine's after escape hatch and the emergency
escape "lung", during V-5's trials, July 1930.
In 1931, V-5 was renamed and redesignated, becoming USS
Narwhal (SS-167).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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