USS S-40 SS 145 underway. USS S-40 on Asiatic Station with two other S boats. The submarine isn't diving. Rough seas has caused the bow to plunge into the swells. USS S-40 in the foreground with an unidentified S boat.
Seas are pretty rough, note bow of submarine has lifted from the water.
The reason was when we were at sea out of San Diego practicing with the Air Force we dove and as usual we were to level off at periscope depth but we continued to go down. I was a seaman first operating the bow planes and we could not control the dive. We reached 75 feet then 100 before the OD called the Capt. to the control room. We were pretty close to 150 ft when the Capt. ordered to blow all tanks and so we surfaced. When he surfaced he told us the stern planes had fallen off.