No Students in Control of Sub When It Was Rammed, Says Submarine Base, Sept. 28, 1925

Students Did Not Control Sub When She Was Wrecked. . . Lieut. Commander Flanigan Denies Any Inexperienced Men Were on Sub at the Time of Disaster. . . Trying to Lift Sub at Present. . Divers Find No Holes But See Dent in Vessel—Slings Being Placed Under Part of Ship

New London, Conn., Sept. 28 (AP)—When informed by the Associated Press as he came on duty early today that the owners of the City of Rome had an affidavit which stated that the S-51 sunk 14 miles east of Block Island Friday night by the steamer, was commanded by student officers, Lieut. Commander H.A. Flanigan, executive officer at the submarine base here, denied that any one of the officers on the submarine at the time of the disaster was inexperienced.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Times, Monday, Sept. 28, 1925

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