Portsmouth, Sept. 15, Salvage workers removed several bodies from the U.S. submarine Squalus today, after the vessel had been raised from the ocean yesterday and towed into the Navy Yard here.
The first corpse was brought from the forward engine room and was removed while the 33 survivors of the ill-fated vessel stood at attention as it was brought on deck.
Later, cranes will Lift the U-boat and place it on drydock for inspection by the reconvened court of inquiry. Meanwhile, the flooded compartments were still being blown out to enable salvage workers to remove the other bodies still in the vessel.
Lieut. Oliver Naquin, commander of the Squalus andthe first man to be taken from it in order to test the Fescue apparatus, equipped with gas mask and rubber gloves, explored the water free compartments with two surviving officers.
He reported the hull of the vessel was full of slime and a little of clothing, bedding and small articles, bhut said conditions were "better than might have been expected."-—Ualted
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