SALVAGING USS SQUALUS (SS-192) OFF ISLES OF SHOALS (Portsmouth, N.H.) Dup neg 1-14663 Part 1

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1) MS Men rigging pontoon; and attaching hose to same.2) MCU Unrigging the "flowerpot."3) MS Pontoon is raised.4) SHS Line raises pontoon up from water.5) MS Man closes vents; pontoon is raised; YSP, blown-dry, ready to leave the USS FALCON (ASR-2).6) MS Drawing: How the SQUALUS is to be raised by the slings and pontoons.7) MS GV USS SACRAMENTO (PG-19) passes; small district craft goes about.8) MS USS SCULPIN with air hose attached.9) GV Many buoys on water.10) MS Air hoses; men working with dials; pontoon in water, blown-dry.11) MS Stern pontoon surfaces and causes gushing of water; men secure pontoon.12) MS As bow of SQUALUS is raised to sur, pontoon & sling slip off and bow settles back into water.13) MS Chart showing bow sinking.No. 17272: mait 4-8319 (use as master) Length: 470 ft. Dup neg, 1-146641) MCU Drawing: How the sling & bow pontoon slipped off.2) MCU Men raising "flowerpot" with heavy chains.3) MS Man at control panel.4) CU Dial panel.5) MCU Helmet of diving uniform.6) GV Storm at sea: Rain; choppy water.7) MS Drawing: Sub on ocean's bed with sling & pontoon hitched to it.8) SHS PAN Men working with gear and lines, aboard repair ship.9) MS Men let out reeving plate, by means of lines.10) MCU Reeving plate.11) MS Barge; PAN Sailors in boat; tugs.12) MS PAN Buoys on water.13) SHS Men securing lines and blowing same from USS SACRAMENTO & SCULPIN (SS-494)14) MS Drawings: The SQUALUS, showing first, the stern pontoon which will lift; then, the bow pontoon; and the sub on an even keel.No. 17273 Pos. 4-8320 (use as master) Length: 332 ft. Dup. neg. 1-146651) MS Men at control board.2) SHS Buoys on water; stern pontoon surfacing; water gushing.3) MS Men in boat underway to pontoon; they leave boat and walk about on pontoon.4) MS Mooring line from the FALCON (ASR-2) to the pontoon.5) MS Bow pontoon is raised, causing water to gush.6) SHS Men leave boat & walk about on pontoon; small district craft "milling" about.7) SHS FALCON'S mooring lines hauled in.8) MS Air hose bursts and causes water spray; men repair break.9) MS Drawing: SQUALUS with sling & pontoons attached to stern and bow.10) MCU Pontoon with hoses attached; sailors raising buoys.See also Nos, 17270, 20017, 20018, and 20019.QUALITY FAIR

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities