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Show LOST SUBilE IS SI MLOCATED Vessel Lies at Bottom of Mouth of Honolulu Harbor, Har-bor, Is Report WASHINGTON March 9 Searchers for the lost submarine F 4 reported ate today that they had determined the oca , t on of the -vessel with n a rad us of fifty I yards and that she lay at the bottom of the mouth of Honolu u harbor in water ranging from forty three to s xty fathoms In depth Rear Admiral Moore at Honolulu cab ed to Secretary Daniels thi So owing received by w re ess from L eu enant Smith commanding the searching fleet "We know location within rad us of f fty yards depth var es from forty three to sKty fathon s Hono ulu har bor Honolu u I ght bearing 24 de grees true distance 2S00 jards This dispatch was in response to one sent ear ler in the day by Rear Admi al Victor Blue ac ingyecretarv of the navy urgently ask ng for eiyact informat on as to the pos Cjn of the submarine. It was the first report the department had re e ed since dm ral "Moore cabled FT day n ght that the boat had b en loca ed in fiX y fathoms of water All 1 ope that any of the crew of twen tv one might be a ve was abandoned two dajs ago but depar ment effic a s and naval officers here are wa ting anxiouslj for news tha the bod es ha e been re covered or for any nformat on th ow ng ght o how t e easel went to her doom. It is fea ed however that the submar ne may prove to be the tomb of her crew and that it ne er wll be known what acc dent befell her Naval officers say tha f th boat Is co ered by fifty fathoms or 300 feet of water it is ery un kely that she can be ra sed Reports that grapnels have brought up part of the s pe s ructure of the F 4 have not been confirmed bv offic al d spatches Offic als th n the p esence of o I and the r s ng of bubbles to the surface must have enab ed the searchers to definitely locate t e submar ne s pos tlon HONOLULU March 29 After continu ous ork day and n ght on the construe t on of the d ving bel that Is expected to pay an important pa t In find ng the sub ma ine F 4 subn erged so ewhere out side of the harbor here s nee Thursday it was announced ton ght that the work will be fin shed during he night and a test made tomorrow morn nA If found sat sfactorj the d ving bell w be owered from a sma dredge n an attempt to ocate the m ss ng subma rine The grappl ng chains of the dredge Cal forn a have kept ho d a day of an ob Ject at a great depth which is believed to be that of the F 4 Rescuers who ha e worked wi hout res da and n ght fo he ast three da s a e confident tha the a s ng of hs object will reveal that It Is the lost submar ne but al hope that the twen y one men trapped in it may be a ve has been abandoned I |