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The U. S. S. Squalus sank in 243 feet of water off the coast of New Hampshire on May 23, 1939 (National Geographic, 2003). It was carrying a crew of 56 and three civilian contractors (Department of the Navy, 2001). The Squalus was 310 feet long, 27 feet wide, with a draft of almost 14 feet, and a displacement of 1,450. The submarine was conducting a series of test dives, and the first 18 of these dives went smoothly (National geographic, 2003). On the 19th dive, through either mechanical malfunction or human error, the submarine submerged with the air induction valve to the engine room open, which flooded the aft compartments of the submarine (DeVore and Schafer, 2001). According to a survivor, Carol Nathan Pierce, he was ordered to blow all main ballast tanks, but by this time the submarine had taken on so much water, it could not rise to the surface. The sailors had to shut the watertight door between the engine room and the control room. When they tried to telephone the flooded compartments, they received no answer, indicating all those trapped in the aft compartments were dead. The Squalus went down stern first, and reached the ocean floor within three minutes (DeVore and Schafer, 2001). The survivors released a messenger buoy and smoke bombs in the hope some other ship was nearby and would come to their aid (National Geographic, 2003). Fortunately for the survivors on board the Squalus, the U. S. S. Sculpin was nearby and spotted the submarine's floating mar
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