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| Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853 | Subject: 5-23/24 history 5-23-1939 USS Squalus (SS 92) sinks off Postsmouth, N.H., with loss of 26 lives. Pacific 05/23/78: While workers are draining a piping system aboard the USS Puffer (SSN652), radioactive water spills on the dry dock surface at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. A Navy spokesmen says that 'less than 5 gallons' of slightly radioactive water spilled as the workers were draining the liquid into two five-gallon plastic containers, a routine operation.The spill, says the Navy, was due to the inattention of the personnel doing the draining. The water being drained reportedly was part of the submarine's secondary cooling system.The dry dock drain was contaminated, but was closed before any spillage escaped into the sea. According to the Navy, no workers were contaminated. Shipyard employees disputed the Navy's account, saying that the spill was much bigger, about 100 gallons; that response to the spill was slow; and that several workers suffered skin contamination. These reports could not be verified. Subsequently a contaminated 15-by 20-foot section of dry dock is jack hammered up, sealed in drums and shipped to a nuclear waste site in Hanford, Washington. Pacific 05/23/89: The USS Gurnard (SSN-662) runs aground off the California coast near San Diego while submerged during a routine training mission. No injuries or damages are reported 5-24-1939 First and only use of Vice Adm. Allan McCann's Rescue Chamber to rescue 33 men from sunken USS Squalus (SS 192). Atlantic 05/24/79: The USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) incurs slight damage to its rudder when it runs aground briefly while entering the New London, Connecticut, harbor in reduced visibility. | ||
| Thomas Courtien |
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| Master and Commander Posts: 1890 Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: 5-23/24 history Years ago, I read the book The Terrible Hours which told the story of USS Squalus. | ||
| Ric |
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Plankowner Posts: 9165 Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: 5-23/24 history Great book. Have it sitting on my book shelf. | ||
