All that came to the surface of the Atlantic from the wreck of the submarine S-4 off Provincetown, Mass., was a chief petty officer's waist- coat.
Upon the usually placid sea of public opinion the disaster roused a storm of indignation which the Navy Department had to weather the best it could.
Questions hurled at Secretary of the Navy Wilbur included the following:
1) Why were the six survivors in the torpedo room not immediately safeguarded, when divers first reached the 54, by attaching airlines to the ship's "ears" (S....
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