Position of Sub S-51 Located Off Block Island, Sept. 26,1925

Position of Submarine Located

Newport, R.I., Sept. 26 (AP)—The position of the submarine S-51, sunk off Block Island last night in a collision with the S.S. City of Rome, was located today by rescue craft searching for the vessel, it was reported in a radio message to the Newport naval training station. There were no signs of life, the message said, but crews of the rescue ships were optimistic that some of the 34 men who went down with the submarine might be alive.

The position of the S-51 was given as about 1 ½ miles southeast of that given first by the City of Rome. Four submarines were standing by as was Vincent Astor’s yacht, the Mourmahal.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 26, 1925

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