Seventeen Fathoms Deep The Saga of the Submarine S-4 Disaster
Seventeen Fathoms Deep The Saga of the Submarine S-4 Disaster
- ISBN 13:
9781613731383
- ISBN 10:
1613731388
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 09/01/2015
- Publisher: Chicago Review Press
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Summary
Author and naval historian Joseph A. Williams has delved into never-revealed archival sources to tell the compelling narrative of the S-4 disaster, the first attempt to rescue survivors stranded aboard a modern submarine. As navy deep sea divers struggled to save the imprisoned men, a winter storm raged at the surface, creating some of the worst diving conditions in American history. Circumstances were so terrible that one diver, Fred Michels, became trapped in the wreckage while trying to attach an air hose to the sunken sub—the rescuer now needed to be rescued. It was only through the bravery of a second diver, Thomas Eadie, that Michels was saved.
As detailed in Seventeen Fathoms Deep, lessons learned during this great tragedy moved the US Navy to improve submarine rescue technology, which resulted in later successful rescues of other downed submariners.