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Show U.S. SUB DAMAGED WHILE ONFIRST TRIP WASHINGTON. Dec. 12 W The navy said today the new submarine sub-marine Seadragon, a sister ship of the Squalus, had taken on water through an open afterhatch while on a shake-down cruise and had been forced to return to New London, Lon-don, Conn., for repairs. The mishap mis-hap occurred yesterday. A following wave struck the vessel as it was cruising on the surface, a report to the department depart-ment said. Water which entered the vessel through the open hatchway hatch-way damaged some electrical connections, con-nections, making the return to New London for repairs advisable. The Squalus sank off the New England coast last spring with a loss of 26 lives. |