Photo #: NH 69222
USS S-51 (SS-162)
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 Historical Center Photograph.
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