Portsmouth, June 22, ALVAGD operations on the doo med United States submarine 0-9 may have to be abandoned shortly because of the tremendous depth at which the craft lies, Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, announced here yesterda:
Colonel Knox said all men aboard the submarine must be assumed to be. dead.
"It is highly improbable that salvage' operations can be continued due {to the tremendous depth," Col, Knox said. "The crew died in the line of Suty, just as if they had been struck bby van enemy submarine:
the Navy Secretary was visibly moved by the tragedy.
'A diver descended 370 fect in an effort to reach the craft but was foreed 10 return to the surface because of breathing difeuttles, The Navy said that efforts would be continued, for a certain time at least, to try and get a driver on to the submarine "by varying the div. ing. technique."
Terrific Pressure yesterday were believed fo have coated the submarine, which di appeared during deep diving oper tons off the coast of New Hampshire—United Press,
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