Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
How the Heroic Deeds of the
Invention of the New Safe
Will Make ResCues Easier
Under the Sea-Hazards E

Crilley and three other sailors had been
conducting diving experiments in Long Island
Sound They volunteered for service on the
F-4 salvage operations and were ordered to
Honolulu. They left Brooklyn an hour after
receiving their orders hurried to San Fran
cisco, and were taken to Honolulu on the old
cruiser Maryland, reaching the island just IL
days after the men had received their orders.
No time was lost their arrival in Homo
lulu. All the facilities possible were placed at
their disposal. Two barges were Communicated
and placed over the wreck and securely an
chored and moored. All air TASKS in the vi
cinity 20 in number, were collected. They
were to be the first deep-sea divers to use
the TASKS instead Of the usual pumps.
In two days everything had been rugged and
the four divers made ready for their first dip"
Frank Crilley went down first. The idea was
to stay down 20 minutes as the return trip
would neceSsitate three to four hours for the
proper decomposition.
On the first day. Crilley made the only dive
He remained down the agreed 20 minutes pre-
pared the work for placing the straps that
were to be put on the boat in order to tow it
to more shallow water where it would eventu-
ally be taken to the surface with the aid of
pontoons.
On the second day. Diver Drellishak went
down and stayed his full time, but suffered
severe case of bends" on the return trip and
had to be retired from the work temporarily
A hard wind came up the next day and
although the divers were willing to chance it.
there seemed to be no real necessity to expose
themselves to the danger as it had been def
nitely determined long since that no life existed
on the sunken boat.
THEN, on the 18th of April there occurred
another great deed done by a naval man
which was to qualify him for the highest re-
ward for valor. the Congressional Medal of
Honor.
Diver William Loughman when his turn
came. quickly donned his suit. rehearsed the
signals with the man tending his lines, took
last look at the small model of the submarines
that had been placed on the barge to conform
with the exact position of the sunken one, and
let himself down the descender line which
had been made fast to the F-4
In few minutes he was standing on the
deck of the wreck Without wasting time he
Immediately went to work to place his strap in
place in exactly the same manner as called for
on the model submarine on the barge He
had not quite finished his task when the call
came from above:
Come up your time is up
Just second more" he replied. And
will be finished"
In another minute he had finished and given
the tender of his lines the signal to pull him up.
He had gone upward about so feet when he
saw his air hose slack over his shoulder show
ing that the line had fculed in some place
MY line is fouled,' he reported over the
phone. II going back to the wreck and
clear myself
Another minute and he was again standing
on the deck of the F-4, 306 feet beneath the
surface. Carefully going over the lines he was
convinced that the lines were clear and
once more gave the signal to pull him up.
II started up once more Loughman said
afterward, land had just gotten to the same
depth as before when again saw my air hose
over my shoulder told them to lower me
again to the deck and reversed my procedure
Of before and up went again, only To stop at
2Sn fact hefo then realized that I