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Follows the dramatic 1920 struggle by Lieutenant Commander Charles M. Cooke, Jr., and the crew of the Navy sub S-Five to escape their sinking submarine and attract the attention of a rescue ship before they all drowned. Reprint.
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The true story of the American Navy's first S-Class submarine. In 1920, the S-Five was flooded with seawater when a crewman failed to close a valve during a crash dive. Submerged 180 feet below the surface, and with only 40 hours of oxygen left, the crew made naval history through their ingenuity and resourcefulness as they raced against time to save themselves.
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