NAVAL SCIENCE AUTHORITY SAYS SQUALUS RESCUE LUCKY

"We've made great progress in submarine rescue work," commented Chester H. J. Keppler, Captain, U.S. Navy, Professor of Science and Tactics and Naval Property Custodian, in an interview last night on the "Squalus" submarine disaster.

Keppler stressed the fact that the "Squalus" rescue crew had been unusually fortunate in finding the submarine located with a list of only 11 degrees on a flat, sandy bottom.

"Usually," he said, "a submarine strikes bottom at an angle of around 60 degrees, often between rooks. This complicates rescue operations, as the hatches are open only in certain places and it is impossible to tell which compartments are flooded."