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NH 69222 USS S-51 (SS-162)

Photo #: NH 69222 USS S-51 (SS-162)
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Title: USS S-51 (SS-162)
Description: Photograph dated 7 July 1926, showing S-51 being towed to the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, supported by salvage pontoons. The submarine's conning tower is visible between the middle pair of pontoons. USS Falcon (AM-28) is assisting from the rear of the tow. S-51 had been sunk in a collision off Block Island, New York, on 25 September 1925, with the loss of all but three of her crew. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 69222
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