Search and rescue efforts after the destruction of Texas Tower Number 4, a U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Offshore Radar station, in 1961. It was located off Long Island (39degrees48'N 72degrees40'W) and operated by airmen of the 646th Radar Squadron. It had experienced structural difficulties including damage from Hurricane Donna, on September 12, 1960 and was being scheduled for repair or dismantling. The USNS New Bedford and the USS Wasp were in the vicinity, on January 15, 1961, when the storm caused the Tower to collapse and sink.But they were unable to save anyone. In subsequent search and rescue operations, after the storm, The USS Sunbird (ASR-15) submarine rescue ship is seen at the site, along with sailors in a motor whaleboat from the USS Blandy (DD-943). A helicopter from the USS Wasp (CV-18)flies overhead. A scuba diver surfaces near the whaleboat and is taken aboard. A motor whaleboat from the USS Sunbird maneuvers in rough water. Whaleboats seen returning sailors and divers to the Sunbird.
Aircraft Carrier Operations. U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) underway. Several aircraft land on flight deck of aircraft carrier. Men aboard USS Langley. 'USS Langley' marked on the planes. Pilot seated in the cockpit. Several planes lined on the flight deck. Smoke arises out of smoke stack in the background. Plane is catapulted from deck of USS Langley.
United States submarine Nautilus O-12 (SS-73) in the Arctic region during its 1931 polar expedition. Submarine leaves the coast for the Arctic region. The submarine underway at sea. Naval artillery aboard the submarine. A woman and a dog aboard it. A ship underway at sea.
United States submarine Nautilus in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. Submarine Nautilus with men aboard it at the coast as it leaves for a polar expedition. The submarine underway at sea. It is at a yard as men work on it. Men at the bow of the submarine. An officer salutes George Hubert Wilkins as he along with other crew members leaves for the polar expedition. Men on the bow wave to a ship.
United States submarine Nautilus O-12 (SS-73) in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. Ships underway at sea. Men come aboard Nautilus submarine. People gathered along the coast. A man pours out a liquid in a bucket. Men at the bow of the submarine. A vessel anchored in mid sea. Men at the bow of the submarine. A vessel and a barge in the sea. Snow covered mountains in the polar region. An iceberg on the surface of the water.
United States submarine USS O-12 (SS-73), known as the Nautilus, in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. A map depicts the polar caps and the route taken by Nautilus O-12 during its expedition to reach the polar region. A sea diver on the side of the Nautilus submarine. Men aboard the Nautilus with ice in the foreground. Snow covered line of a crane aboard the submarine. A man aboard the Nautilus as he wears thermal gear. A man work on a machine in the engine room of the submarine.
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