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Denying that there was any criminal neglect of duty in connection with the raising of the S-4, he continued, "Everything possible was done by those in charge to rescue the crew from the doomed vessel, in the light of the then-known circumstances...
...best means of saving the men on a sunken submarine," he went on, "is to try to raise the boat in a hurry. This is usually impossible, and no method of removing men alive from a trapped vessel has yet proved satisfactory. My suggestion would be to have a lock arrangement constructed in the submarine, through which the men could pass one at a time, and on the outside have them met by divers with extra helmets, who would accompany them...
...true that the salvaging party had no derricks with a lifting capacity equal to the weight of the submarine but the largest ones obtainable were in use. The derrick that was in use could have raised a vessel of 200 tons, but the S-4 weighed 800 tons, and if the water had filled the compartments it would have weighed an additional 500 tons...
George Washington. So great has transatlantic tourist travel become and so insistent the demand for ships with only one type of cabin accommodations that the United States Lines ordered their second largest vessel, the George Washington, changed from first-class to cabin service. Last week the interior alterations were almost completed. On Jan. 4 she will sail for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen. The change groups the George Washington with the United States Lines' other cabin ships, the Republic, President Roosevelt, President Harding and America, in immediate competition with the White Star Line's Baltic and the North German...
Lieutenant Myers also pointed out the importance of radio in naval operations, when either distance or the roar of big guns makes all other forms of signalling or communication inadequate, if not impossible. The radio officer of a fleet or line vessel therefore has the success of a naval operation depending to a large degree upon his department...