A bunch of great new 'stuff' from the Naval Historical Center.....
Note USS Holland's early rudder forward of propeller original arrangement seen in some early photos.
Also just released are images of the H-2 thru H-9 submarines,
...including the most ever seen number of detailed images ever by me of extensive photographic coverage of the H-3 grounding off Eureka, California, the subsequent Naval disaster in attempting to salvage H-3 by the cruiser USS Milwaukee, the Milwaukee's loss, and the eventual civilian contractor salvage of USS H-3 and her re-launching. Originally a salvage firm offered to do the work for $150,000, but this was deemed too costly. The only other bid, for only $18,000 from a local construction logging company which proposed to haul H-3 over Samoa Beach and re launch her into Humboldt Bay, was dismissed by the Navy as unrealistic (the plan that eventually was finally attempted last and the only plan that succeeded!). The Navy, though lacking salvage experience and specialized equipment, decided to pursue the task itself. The way was thus unwittingly established by the Navy for an even greater much more expensive disaster, whose story is related in the following 'epic' recorded in images by the US Navy and Freeman Art photographic Company, Eureka in 1917.
see: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/e...917/h3-mil.htm
Last but not least....Good images of the American Type XXI submarines tested after the Second World War.
Enjoy!
Steve Reichmuth
Edited By Dolphin on 1087545396
Note USS Holland's early rudder forward of propeller original arrangement seen in some early photos.
Also just released are images of the H-2 thru H-9 submarines,
...including the most ever seen number of detailed images ever by me of extensive photographic coverage of the H-3 grounding off Eureka, California, the subsequent Naval disaster in attempting to salvage H-3 by the cruiser USS Milwaukee, the Milwaukee's loss, and the eventual civilian contractor salvage of USS H-3 and her re-launching. Originally a salvage firm offered to do the work for $150,000, but this was deemed too costly. The only other bid, for only $18,000 from a local construction logging company which proposed to haul H-3 over Samoa Beach and re launch her into Humboldt Bay, was dismissed by the Navy as unrealistic (the plan that eventually was finally attempted last and the only plan that succeeded!). The Navy, though lacking salvage experience and specialized equipment, decided to pursue the task itself. The way was thus unwittingly established by the Navy for an even greater much more expensive disaster, whose story is related in the following 'epic' recorded in images by the US Navy and Freeman Art photographic Company, Eureka in 1917.
see: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/e...917/h3-mil.htm
Last but not least....Good images of the American Type XXI submarines tested after the Second World War.
Enjoy!
Steve Reichmuth
Edited By Dolphin on 1087545396
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