Show w IN mi BOARD OF INQUIRY MAKES RE PORT ON SINKING OF RINE IN HONOLULU HARBOR poor diving qualities of boat owing to installation of experimental propellers secondary cause the board finds washington A graphic story of the battle tor life waged in vain feet beneath the surface ot the sea by the twenty one men who perished in the navy a submarine fa last march at honolulu Is told in the final report on the loss of the vessel submitted by a board of inquiry headed by rear ad maral busch and made public on wed examination of the wrecked hull after it had been brought to the surface and placed in dry dock convinced the board that the disaster was caused by a leak resulting from a corroded battery lining and the failure of the boat through poor diving qualities to respond promptly to the rudder change which should have returned her to the surface discarding the theory once ad danced that chlorine gas brought quick relief in death to the crew the board from signs within the rusted and battered hulk pieces out in its report a dramatic account of how the doomed men strove desperately to save themselves as their vessel sank to the bottom fifteen met death in the engine room where they sought refuge at the last six died at their posts in the flooded forward compart ment |