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USS Squalus (SS-192) -- Salvage --
Views taken on 30 May 1939

This page features views relating to the salvage of USS Squalus, taken on 30 May 1939. All of these photographs were taken on board USS Falcon (ASR-2) during diving operations, most of them apparently to illustrate concerns about her limited afterdeck working space and other inadequacies for the work.

For other photographs concerning the salvage of USS Squalus, see:

  • USS Squalus (SS-192) -- Salvage, May - September 1939.

    For additional views relating to USS Squalus, see:

  • USS Sailfish (SS-192), 1939-1948. Named Squalus until 1940.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 57500

    USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939


    Scene on the after deck of USS Falcon (ASR-2) during the early stages of the salvage operations, 30 May 1939, showing congested conditions. View looks forward and to port, with diving stage in left center background. Officer leaning against rope in left center appears to be Commander Allan R. McCann.
    Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57502

    USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939


    Scene on the after deck of USS Falcon (ASR-2) during the early stages of the salvage operations, 30 May 1939, showing congested conditions. View looks forward and to port, with diving stage in left center background.
    Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57501

    USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939


    Scene on the after deck of USS Falcon (ASR-2) during the early stages of the salvage operations, 30 May 1939, showing congested conditions. View looks to port, with men assisting a diver toward the left. Officer behind them, in center, appears to be Commander Allan R. McCann.
    Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57504

    USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939


    Scene on the after deck of USS Falcon (ASR-2) during the early stages of the salvage operations, 30 May 1939, showing congested conditions. View looks aft and to starboard, with officers and men in foreground gathered near the diver communications unit (in lower left).
    Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57503

    USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939


    A diving bell on the after deck of USS Falcon (ASR-2) during the early stages of the salvage operations, 30 May 1939.
    This is not a McCann Rescue Chamber, but is a smaller unit.
    Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 72KB; 490 x 765 pixels

     

    For other photographs concerning the salvage of USS Squalus, see:

  • USS Squalus (SS-192) -- Salvage, May - September 1939.

    For additional views relating to USS Squalus, see:

  • USS Sailfish (SS-192), 1939-1948. Named Squalus until 1940.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    11 July 2000