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Show 1 i" Divers Have Close Call On Board U. S. S. Camden Divers attempting to recover bodies from the sunken submarine S 51 had another close call when a sudden squall swept on the diving boat Chittenden. But for quick action by the surface tenders ten-ders their air lines might have been snapped when the diving boat was swung on her anchor chain by the force of the wind. Diver William Reed was wedged in the torpedo room hatch of the S-51, where it lies on the ocean floor, 128 feet below the surface, sur-face, and Diver Wilson was beside him when Lieutenant S. R. Hickey on the Chittenden saw the squall coming, com-ing, signaled Reed to pull out of the hatch at once as he feared that the Chittenden's anchor would drag when the squall struck. |