Photo #: NH 43499
Salvage of USS F-4 (SS-23), April-August 1915
All salvage pontoons on the surface, off Honolulu, Hawaii, circa
29 August 1915, with preparations under way to tow the sunken
submarine into Honolulu Harbor. The salvage equipment was devised
by Naval Constructor Julius A. Furer.
Halftone photograph, copied from "Transactions of the Society
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers", Volume 24, 1916,
Figure 13.
The tug in the center is probably USS Navajo.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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