Probing murky waters early US Navy salvage attempts

From: Sea Classics | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: Grover, David H | Copyright information

Warship salvage was a low priority concern until the Navy was confronted with a two-ocean war

Prior to World War Two, the US Navy had neither ships nor expertise in the field of salvage. That fact, however, did not suggest that there was no need for such a capability - in those earlier years ships went aground or sank with some regularity.

When these mishaps did occur, the Navy's salvage efforts were often amateurish and ineffective. Perhaps the classic example was in 1917 when ...

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