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1939 USS Squalus submarine disaster...
1939 USS Squalus submarine disaster...
Item # 716851
May 28, 1939
THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, May 28, 1939
* USS Squalus (Sailfish) sinking disaster
* Submarine test dive off New Hampshire
The front page of this section has a nice banner pictorial with heading: "Fort Fathoms Undersea An Heroic Rescue Is Made" with smaller subheads.
Other topics throughout. Complete section 4 only with all 10 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally in very nice condition.
background: The USS Squalus sank during a test dive on May 23, 1939, off New Hampshire due to flooding from a valve failure, killing 26 crew members. A groundbreaking rescue using the McCann Rescue Chamber saved 33 survivors. The submarine was later raised, repaired, and recommissioned as the USS Sailfish, serving in World War II.
Category: The 20th Century
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