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This statement is grossly inaccurate. The F4, a vessel of about 280 tons, was lifted by sweeping cables under her while she lay in 304 ft. of water, and then, taking a strain on the cables, dragging her along the bottom till she had been dragged into about a depth of 48 ft. only, without even in this stage lifting her off the bottom. At a depth of about 48 ft. of water, being then practically inside the harbor, the dragging process went to smash, and to complete the job, the salvage officer built six pontoons which were used only...
...first rhinoceros ever seen in Europe soon turned to dismay, for the animal was a grunting, intractable terror. From motives now hidden by the centuries, the King of Portugal hit on a solution-he would send the rhino to the Pope. Happily he clapped the brute on a vessel bound for Rome. But en route the rhino, disdainful of King & Pope, provided its own denouement. Running amok, it battered through the hull, sank the ship...
...Sovfracht," the Soviet ship-chartering association, was prohibited from chartering any vessel sailing under the British flag...
Last week a salvage vessel fished up part of the control car of the U. S. S. Akron from the sea floor off Barnegat Lightship. This grim sequel did not appear to weigh gravely on the mind of Commander Alger Herman Dresel, one-time captain of both the Los Angeles and the Akron, as he stepped into the control car of the Akron's sister ship in a red dawn two days later. His wife and daughter were looking on, 105 souls were aboard when Captain Dresel commanded, "Up ship!" and the brand-new U. S. S. Macon...
Third U. S. vessel to bear the name, the U. S. S. New Orleans is literally in a class by herself. Under the terms of the London Naval Treaty, the U. S. was allowed to complete 15 new 10,000-ton cruisers before 1936. First two built were the Pensacola and Salt Lake City. They were fast but scantily armored. Next were turned out six ships in the Augusta class (Chester, Augusta, Chicago, Houston, Louisville, Northhampton). These proved to be heavy rollers, and five developed cracked stern castings. Next class, the Portland and Indianapolis, were modified after construction to rectify...