Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-31 | Page 9 | Men Enter and Leave Submerged Submarine through Diving Bell

Men Enter and Leave Lease Submerged Submarine Through Diving Bell ON BOARD U. U S S. S. S FALCON Off ocr Ke Key West c t Fla lan Ian Janil 31 U UIA UP UI UPA A A fascinating h new near chapter in na- na naval val 31 al history Is being written a 1 few miles of off Kf Key Ivey West c t h by n a t. t volunteer crew anon aboard id tho Cho submerged submarino sub uh- MI marino s- s S S-l t and a companion crew aboard this craft I For Tor tho first unto since Inco submarines submarines I rines rim were invented men have catered entered en cn- d a submersible ible and members of her crew have hav escaped b by means o of a huge hue seven en an and ton one diving bell bell all all in one operation Lieutenant Commander ra mer II Dunbar in charge hul e of tho the epochal tests was highly hl hh optimistic at the tho th l success of the with the ke bell heJl and was as ready toda today for fol further tests test In deeper water than tho BS 68 feet to which the S 4 was submersed submerged ed yesterday Messages o of congratulation of or all connected with the operations here were received 1 lost last night from the thena na navy depal talent It was wag in a choppy somewhat i hazardous sea pea that thal tho the new safety i testis test ts were carried out at fit a 1 spot twelve miles out of I- I Kc Key ey West st Two m members l' l of the tho cr crew r w of the Falcon equipped themselves with mechanical cal lungs and entered tho the bell which then was wa lowered er d to th the deck of oC tho the S 4 nearly earl 70 feet below tho the surface Divers went down to the tile deck of or the lice submersible to adjust the huge device devico snugly over owr over special bolls and nuts arranged arrange for or the thC purpose On tho the second econ attempt the tho diving bell meshed shed with tho the adjustments tile the Veers divers quickly clamped honk home the tle bolts hotts and the two men within the thA bell bel entered the submarine Two members Js of the llie submarines submarine's crew then climbed into tho lie bell closed tho the hatch Ri signaled tho th divers to release o th the tho clamping I bolts holl and were hoisted to the deck tIed of the Falcon