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NH 97299 "Simon Lake's 'Explorer' - The First Commercial Submarine for Peace and Profit"

Photo #: NH 97299 Simon Lake's 'Explorer' -- The First Commercial Submarine for Peace and Profit
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Description: During the official test of the baby submarine by Dr. William Beebe on behalf of the National Geographic Society. Frank Crilley, the holder of the world's deep-sea diving record in diving suit, being dressed in his togs preparatory to going down in the submarine, passing out through its underwater hatch, and then rising to the surface outside the submarine the climax of the test. Quoted from the original caption of this photograph, which was taken in late 1932, during tests on the Explorer in Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York. Frank William Crilley, the diver in this photograph, had been awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in rescuing another man during diving operations on USS F-4 (SS-23) on 17 April 1915. Donation of William F. Searle, Jr., March 1981. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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