USS Squalus (SS-192)
Squalus' (SS-192) bow comes to the surface as personnel based on Falcon (ASR-2) struggle to refloat the sunken submarine, off the New Hampshire coast during the Summer of 1939. This appears to be the 13 July 1939 lift, in which Squalus' bow rose uncontrollably to the surface and then sank. If that is the case, the salvage pontoons nearby would include both bow line pontoons, plus the two upper pontoons on the stern lifting line. The ship's hull number 192 is painted on her bow.
The abortive surfacing wrecked 13,600 feet of air hoses running from the salvage ship to the pontoons to the ballast tanks of the submarine.
USS Squalus (SS-192)
Squalus' (SS-192) bow comes to the surface as personnel based on Falcon (ASR-2) struggle to refloat the sunken submarine, off the New Hampshire coast during the Summer of 1939. This appears to be the 13 July 1939 lift, in which Squalus' bow rose uncontrollably to the surface and then sank. If that is the case, the salvage pontoons nearby would include both bow line pontoons, plus the two upper pontoons on the stern lifting line. The ship's hull number 192 is painted on her bow.
The abortive surfacing wrecked 13,600 feet of air hoses running from the salvage ship to the pontoons to the ballast tanks of the submarine.