Photo #: NH 74733
Salvage of USS F-4 (SS-23), April-August 1915
F-4 in drydock at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 1 September
1915, after she had been raised from over 300 feet of water and
towed into port. Note the large implosion hole in her port side,
and the salvage pontoons used to support her during the final
lift.
This view shows F-4's port bow. She is upside down, rolled
to starboard approximately 120 degrees from the vertical.
Photographed by Kodagraph, Honolulu.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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