Evening star., 1939-05-25
Borest Hope Is Held for Life
Aboard the SquoIus as Rescue
Efforts Are Speeded by Navy
We Never Soy Die
Until All Hope Is
Lost Says Cole
BY the Associated Press.


PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25-
although admitting only the barest
possibility existed there still was life
on the sunken submarine Squalus,
Rear Admiral c. w. Cole, COM
mandant of the Portsmouth Navy
Yard. announced today the re-
sumption of rescue work after as
serting: 1--WE never say die until
all hope is lost"
In pointing out there was little
hope for the 26 men still trapped
on the ill-fated submersible, Admiral
Cole said the submarine tempera-
ture dropped q degrees since the
craft went down Tuesday and that
it tilted sharply when water flooded
the after part.
From the rescue ship Falcon, to
which 33 survivors were hoisted
yesterday and last night, the ad-
miral said:
Repair of the rescue chamber
has been completed. Will resume
rescue operations on the after part
Of the Squalus."
Above the sunken craft a stretch
of water with radius of two-thirds
of a mile has been marked off by
buoys and no vessels will be per-
mitted near the rescue ship Falcon
unless they have official business.
Mystery of Valve Heightened.
The mystery as to the cause OF
failure of the valves was heightened
today by the statement of Alfred G..
Prien, machinist's mate, whose job
1t was to close the induction valve
He said:
MY duties are to handle the
levers and machinery controlling
the vents, food valves and the
main induction valve (the one which
Is believed to have allowed the water
to enter and flood the rear cOmpart-
ments). I pulled the proper valve,
closed the main induction valve, so
that water would not enter the sub
marine when we dove. l could tell
that the valves we're working prop
erly and that the main induction
valve was closed because lights
flashed on and the lights will not
show up unless the valve is closed
AS the ship leveled off at so feet a
message came through to the con-
troll room that water was coming into
the engine room. 1 checked the con-
troll board lights and saw that
every valve was working properly
and that none of the lights showed
there was trouble with the valves.
When we tilted backward at a As
degree angle I still was looking at
the control board and could see that
all the lights were on and this
meant to me that all the valves we're
closed and I could not understand
what had happened"
Survivors Come Ashore.
1t. Oliver F. Naquin, commander
of the Squalus and the last of the
survivors to leave her, came ashore
today with the other seven crew
members who were trapped for four
hours last night after the great
rescue bell became fouled on its final
upward trip from the sunken vessel
Charles Smith Kinney, yeoman, of
Tuiare, Calf, was borne on
stretcher from the Coast Guard pa
troll boat Harriet Lane, up the gang
plank, and thence between solid
ranks of Marines to a waiting am
bulance.
The other crew members ap-
peared in good condition, however,
walking briskly to the ambulances
that awaited them.
AS 1t. Naquin, grim faced, bare
headed, dressed in nondescript
woolen clothing and a peajacket,
reached the head of the gangplank
he was kissed by his waiting wife
Frances, who joined him in the yard
commandantS automobile Naval
and marine officers clapped him on
the back as he passed them. 1t.
Naquin managed slight, momen-
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