Repair Operations Aboard the Sub-sinking Campbell. Repair operations aboard the sub-sinking CAMPBELL, call for daring action. Coast Guardsman Colon Swindell, Firemen 1c, of Wanchese, North Carolina, prepares to swim under the icy Atlantic waters with a messenger line and cork in his mouth. If the cork can be shoved through the hole in the side of the Coast Guard cutter, caused by ramming a Nazi U-Boat, it will bob up inside the ship. A stronger line will be fastened to the messenger line and a plug on the outside of the ship can be pulled tight from within to close a hole. The Coast Guard cutt
Repair Operations Aboard the Sub-sinking Campbell. Repair operations aboard the sub-sinking CAMPBELL, call for daring action. Coast Guardsman Colon Swindell, Firemen 1c, of Wanchese, North Carolina, prepares to swim under the icy Atlantic waters with a messenger line and cork in his mouth. If the cork can be shoved through the hole in the side of the Coast Guard cutter, caused by ramming a Nazi U-Boat, it will bob up inside the ship. A stronger line will be fastened to the messenger line and a plug on the outside of the ship can be pulled tight from within to close a hole. The Coast Guard cutter routed six subs within 12 hours. The Campbell was brought to an unnamed East Coast port for repairs.
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