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| Keywords: Lot-9434-24: These Men Are In Training For Life On A U.S. Submarine. The modern submarine is playing a big part in the war on the seas. Its quarry is all of the enemy’s navy but its aircraft. It seeks convoys and unprotected merchant ships, harries fleets, and sometimes engages in deadly underwater duels with others of its own kind. Among the world’s navies, U.S. submarines are considered supreme. One reason for this supremacy is the strenuous training of their crews. The training, shown in this set of 18 pictures, is given the submarine candidate at U.S. Navy’s Submarine School at New London, Connecticut, in the northeastern section of the United States. Shown: An instructor at the New London Submarine School adjusts a Momsen Lung on a student at the 100-foot level of the tower. The student will enter the tower and ascend slowly to the top. It is important to rise slowly, so that his body will get accustomed to the depth, thus avoiding the dreaded “bends” (cramps) or burst lungs. Each of the students must know how to ascend from great depths if ever he has to escape from a disabled submarine. Office of War Information Photograph, April 22-28, 1942. (2016/01/08). Lot-9434-24: These Men Are In Training For Life On A U.S. Submarine. The modern submarine is playing a big part in the war on the seas. Its quarry is all of the enemy’s navy but its aircraft. It seeks convoys and unprotected merchant ships, harries fleets, and sometimes engages in deadly underwater duels with others of its own kind. Among the world’s navies, U.S. submarines are considered supreme. One reason for this supremacy is the strenuous training of their crews. The training, shown in this set of 18 pictures, is given the submarine candidate at U.S. Navy’s Submarine School at New London, Connecticut, in the northeastern section of the United States. Shown: An instructor at the New London Submarine School adjusts a Momsen Lung on a student at the 100-foot level of the tower. The student will enter the tower and ascend slowly to the top. It is important to rise slowly, so that his body will get accustomed to the depth, thus avoiding the dreaded “bends” (cramps) or burst lungs. Each of the students must know how to ascend from great depths if ever he has to escape from a disabled submarine. Office of War Information Photograph, April 22-28, 1942. (2016/01/08). | ||||
