Twenty-one divers were ordered to the scene from Portsmouth and eight others were en route by plane from Washington.
From New London came the salvage vessel USS. Falcon with another dozen divers and a rescue chamber capable of rescuing three or four men at once. The destroyer Semmes also was ordered to the scene from New London with additional rescue equipment.
The Navy tug Wandank sailed from Boston and the Coast Guard sent an amphibian plane, two patrol boats and a number of motor life boats from Salem, Mass. The patrol boats were the Harriet Lane and he Thetis.
The Squalus was completed on May 1 and has been on daily training trips since that date, The submarine sailed from the Navy Yard here at 6 am, yesterday and was expected to return three hours later. When the Squalus failed to appear, the submarine Sculpin was sent out to search for her.
The Sculpin found: the marker buoy which the Squalus had released to mark her position and radio telephone communication was soon established with the commander of the disabled submarine which also is known as the 192.
Lieut-Comdr. Naquin reported that he believed an improperly closed valve had caused the accident. He believed it could be repaired from the outside by a diver.
The commander of the submarine said the engine room and the crew's quarters were flooded, but the re-
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