How these Navy submariners worked to save themselves after their sub sank

How these Navy submariners worked to save themselves after their sub sank

A white T-shirt represented the last chance for 38 submariners.Without it, they could not have survived much longer in the crippled U.S. Navy submarine S-5. It sank on September 1, 1920, after a crew member mistakenly left the main induction valve open during a normally routine crash dive. That moment of forgetfulness caused the sub to flood and eventually sink.Also Read: The US Navy’s first submarine was a hand-cranked wooden eggAs the hours pa…