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Apr 06, 2004 | ISBN 9780451211514

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Table Of Contents

On the BottomPublisher’s Preface
Introduction

Chapter I: Collision
Chapter II. On the S-51
Chapter III. Rescue Efforts
Chapter IV: Vacillation
Chapter V: The Salvage Problem
Chapter VI: Diving
Chapter VII: The Divers
Chapter VIII: Off Block Island
Chapter IX: In the Engine Room
Chapter X: The First Snag
Chapter XI: The Control Room
Chapter XII: Another Struggle
Chapter XIII: The First Pontoon
Chapter XIV: Blowing the Ballast Tanks
Chapter XV: Outside the Control Room
Chapter XVI: A Lost Diver
Chapter XVII: The Motor Room
Chapter XVIII: Winter
Chapter XIX: A Diving School
Chapter XX: Lost, a Submarine
Chapter XXI: Pontoons Again
Chapter XXII: My First Dive
Chapter XXIII: Sealing Up Aft
Chapter XXIV: The Torch Solves a Problem
Chapter XXV: The First Tunnel
Chapter XXVI: The Cement Gun
Chapter XXVII: An Ocean Oil Well
Chapter XXVIII: The Engine Room Hatch
Chapter XXIX: More Pontoons
Chapter XXX: A Tug of War
Chapter XXXI: The Last Tunnel
Chapter XXXII: Lashing Up
Chapter XXXIII: June 22, 1926
Chapter XXXIV: Still More Pontoons
Chapter XXXV: July 5, 1926
Chapter XXXVI: The Tow
Chapter XXXVII: Man of War Rock
Chapter XXXVIII: The Bell
Chapter XXXIX: The End

Glossary
Publisher’s Afterword
Appendix A: Final Sailing List
Appendix B: Additional Sources
Appendix C: S-51 Schematics
Index

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