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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 57508

USS Squalus (SS-192) Rescue Operations, May 1939


USS Wandank (AT-26), at left, and USS Falcon (ASR-2) moored over the sunken Squalus, during rescue operations, circa 24 May 1939.
The McCann Rescue Chamber, which brought 33 of the submarine's crewmen to safety, is visible on Falcon's after deck.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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15 June 2000