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d the h ZZ ,_ the h fi i ,?A i 240 j cent „t and 1~, sent "nt at at ed t the SQUALUS IN TROUBLE BEFORE , ■ PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 20.— The he United States submarine, Squalus, was in in trouble twice before she took her fatal dive ve May 23 with a loss of twenty-six lives, Lt. Lt. | | Com. Oliver F. Naquin, one of thirty-three ; ; survivors, revealed today before a navaL /ai | board of inquiry. The first was when a bell crank of the main induction valve system -rn ; ; was found out of order on April 9. This was | shortly after the Squalus had made her [ initial submergence between docks at the he Portsmouth Navy Yard to determine if she ihe was watertight. Failure of this valve to to! ! close properly is thought to be the cause of of her fatal dive. The second was the discovery I of trouble with a main motor bearing dur-,st nr- ■ ing a builders trial dive off Portsmouth on i ; April 20. Both times, Commander Naquin hn j [ said, the trouble was repaired. Commenting ng i that there had been informal talk concern-t]j i-ii-1 ing the trouble with the bell crank since the he accident, the skipper of the ill-fated under-ng £ sea craft said the mechanism was dis-j. is- sembled, repaired and put together, after cer which the Squalus made seventeen successful trial dives prior to the fata one. *
