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On September 25, 1925, the S-51 tragically sank to the sea floor, and Edward Ellsberg was the person whose courage and persistence brought it again The sinking of the submarine S-51 was one of the greatest tragedies in American naval background. Due to a miscommunication and following collision between your sub and a passing steamship on a September night time, the S-51, including 33 of its staff of 36, sank to the sea depths. The tragedy of the S-51 captivated the country, and was a fixture in the internet pages of American newspaper publishers. The story required on a complete new dimensions when the navy decided to take over the salvage of the 1,000-ton behemoth from a civilian company. Going the staff tasked with this impossible feat was Edward Ellsberg, at that time a lieutenant commander. On the Bottom is Ellsberg's account of the successes and failures he and his men experienced as they attempted an astonishing feat of anatomist and bravery: the first salvage of an submarine from the open up ocean.
