Word: furer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Credit: Captain Furer Sirs...
Submarine F-4 sank in the open ocean off Honolulu with all hands in March 1915, and was finally located in 304 ft. of water. Lieut.-Commander (now Captain) J. A. Furer. U. S. N., was placed in charge of the salvage operations, and designed all the equipment used for the work. He invented the submersible pontoons which were used in the final operations of bringing this submarine to the surface. The identical pontoons built for this job were also used on the S-51 and the 54, and the technique developed in raising the F-4 was used throughout...
...raising of the S-51 and the 5-4 were splendid examples of salvage work accomplished under great difficulties, but the officers in charge of this work had the advantage of the pioneer work done by Captain Furer under even greater difficulties as to depth of water and limited facilities, and in the face of general opinion that the job could not be done...