Rescue Work Ceases on Sunken Vessel Tokyo, Feb. 5.
All hope was abandoned today for the rescue of 48 Japanese seamen trapped in the submarine 1-63 which sank in Bungo Channel between Kyushu and Shikoku on Thursday after a collision with another submarine during fleet manoeuvres.
The Navy revealed today that divers had been unable to reach the submarine because of the extreme depth of the channel. Although the submarine was equipped with safety devices, it was feared its inner hull was pierced in, the collision—United Press,
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