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Squalus Sinking Remembered 25 Years Later at Sea
A wreath will mark the 25th anniversary of the Squalus sinking off Portsmouth New Hampshire as rescuers freed 33 survivors from 240 feet of Atlantic water. The submarine later became the Sailfish and credited with 45,029 tons of Japanese shipping. Gerald McLees, a survivor, recounts the drama and reflects on a fatal duty by Lloyd Maness who sealed the hatch to save others.
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Atlantic
Portsmouth
N.H
James Calogero
Ymouth
Squaius
Gerald McLees
Poris
Allen Bryson
Bryson
McLees
Lloyd
B. Maness
Maness
Sherman Shirley
Portsmouth Naval
Falcon
New London
Oliver F. Naquin