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NH 42382 USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939

Photo #: NH 42382 USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939
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Title: USS Squalus (SS-192) Salvage Operations, 1939
Description: Blowing of salvage pontoons to lift Squalus off the sea bottom, 12 August 1939. Photographed by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Original photo is mis-identified as showing salvage of USS Sculpin, which was present to support the operations, but was not the object of them. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42382
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