Photo #: NH 42382
USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939
Blowing of salvage pontoons to lift Squalus off the sea
bottom, 12 August 1939.
Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Original
photo is mis-identified as showing salvage of USS Sculpin,
which was present to support the operations, but was not the
object of them.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 57898
USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939
Air comes to the surface during blowing of salvage pontoons to
lift Squalus off the sea bottom, 12 August 1939. There
were separate groups of pontoons supporting the sunken submarine's
bow and stern. Three pontoons were located at the top of the
lift line in each location and surfaced during the 12 August
lift. One more pontoon remained underwater on the bow line and
three more on the stern line when this lift was completed.
Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 57899
USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939
Salvage pontoons surfacing as they lift Squalus off the
sea bottom, 12 August 1939. There were separate groups of pontoons
supporting the sunken submarine's bow and stern. Three pontoons
were located at the top of the lift line in each location and
surfaced during the 12 August lift. One more pontoon remained
underwater on the bow line and three more on the stern line when
this lift was completed.
Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 57897
USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939
Divers closing valves in salvage pontoons after Squalus
had been lifted off the sea bottom, 12 August 1939. There were
separate groups of pontoons supporting the sunken submarine's
bow and stern. Three pontoons were located at the top of the
lift line in each location, and came to the surface during the
12 August lift. One of these groups is seen here. After this
lift, one more pontoon remained underwater on the bow line and
three more on the stern line.
Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 57509
USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939
View taken from USS Falcon (ASR-2) on 12 August 1939,
after Squalus had been lifted off the sea bottom and was
being towed to shallower water, supported by salvage pontoons.
USS Wandank (AT-26) and a smaller tug (probably USS Penacook,
YT-6) are towing, while Falcon acted as restraining ship.
There are groups of three pontoons each visible on the surface
at the submerged submarine's bow and stern. One more pontoon
was underwater at the bow and three more at the stern.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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