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Hanging by a Thread

Name: Hanging by a Thread
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-12-21
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Paul Rose, Qarie Marshall, Carl Bryson

Episode aired Dec 21, 2006
58m

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6.9/10

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May 1939. The USS Squalus was a stricken submarine on a test dive when it started taking in water and sunk to the bottom of the sea off Portsmouth New Hampshire. This is the story of the att... Read allMay 1939. The USS Squalus was a stricken submarine on a test dive when it started taking in water and sunk to the bottom of the sea off Portsmouth New Hampshire. This is the story of the attempted rescue of the submariners.May 1939. The USS Squalus was a stricken submarine on a test dive when it started taking in water and sunk to the bottom of the sea off Portsmouth New Hampshire. This is the story of the attempted rescue of the submariners.

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- Sean Smith
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6.9/10

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- Sean Smith
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In 1939, the 'Momsen/McCann Rescue Chamber' made its debut when it was used to successfully rescue thirty-three survivors from 'USS Squalus', At the time of Squalus' accident, Lieutenant Commander Momsen was serving as head of the Experimental Diving Unit at the Washington Navy Yard. The submarine rescue ship USS Falcon (ASR-2), commanded by Lieutenant George A. Sharp, was on site within twenty-four hours. It lowered the Rescue Chamber - a revised version of a diving bell invented by Momsen - and, in four dives over the next 13 hours, recovered all 33 survivors in the first deep submarine rescue ever. McCann was in charge of Chamber operations, with Momsen commanding the divers. Although there was no reason to believe anyone was alive in the aft part of the ship, a fifth dive was made to the aft torpedo room hatch on May 25. This run confirmed the flooding of the entire aft portion of the ship.