Documentary - Saga of the Submarine Squalus

The Saga of the Submarine Squalus is a well researched video documentary by Karen Raynes and Mike Garland, showing the rescue, salvage, and rebirth of the submarine Squalus.

It was just an ordinary day on the seacoast of New Hampshire, May 23, 1939, when the Portsmouth Navy Yard-built submarine USS Squalus prepared for her 19th test dive six miles southeast of the Isles of Shoals. During this dive, the main induction valve failed to close and water rushed into the submarine, flooding the aft compartment. She sunk in 240 feet of water; 33 of the 59 crew members would be rescued. It was the greatest submarine rescue in the history of the United States Navy.

Видео Documentary - Saga of the Submarine Squalus канала Hampton Historical Society