The Greatest Submarine Rescue Ever - Escaping Sinking Submarine USS Squalus

Imagine being trapped in a submarine as gallons of water begin pouring in. There is no escape. In today's educational animated cartoon we look at the daring rescue mission to save the crew of the sinking USS Squalus.
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[@TheInfographicsShow]

I can only imagine how tense the crew must've been... How did you feel while watching it?

[@hollytutko7323]

Scared

[@Weird_but_neat]

The Infographics Show great video info

[@burroaks7]

ASSPOOP

[@monado5937]

Being under dire circumstances:I wouldn't count on surviving, so I'd end my suffering.

[@gretasimmons4836]

burroaks7 wait what

[@helloMRdj1]

Imagine being that diver having to go hundreds of feet down the surface, all pitch dark. What a legend

[@user-dd1bb4tw4r]

Saturation divers work at these depths regularly the deepest being 700m I believe.

[@potterj09]

Truly heroic, but imagine being the first confident face these guys had seen from the surface. A situation where you gotta remain stoic but always want to hug em :)

[@KnightSlasher]

Have you tired turning the submarine on and off again

[@Quantum_GirlE]

Or blowing on it? ;)

[@tforter]

Or plugging it in?

[@ggoose11224]

Try putting it in rice.

[@NGC-7635]

Can you please tell me the serial number on the bottom of the submarine?

[@T-74]

Sorry but I don’t think their air supply lets them.

[@thomaslines4924]

I currently serve on board USS California and we always train on how to deal with situations like this but I couldn't imagine the sheer terror of being disabled stuck on the ocean floor

[@dukecraig2402]

👍👍👍 to you and all your shipmates on the USS California, Go Navy!!! (From an Army man)

[@TheInfographicsShow]

I agree!

[@evilbadger34]

Dread

[@RaoulThomas007]

*GO NAVY*

[@gapratt4955]

Mr Lines a hearty welcome to You and your shipmates from PSNY! Hope to get a chance to meet you as we begin work on your boat.

[@-4subscriberswithahammerad521]

Drowing is a depressing and terrifying way to die glad the mission was successful

[@rustyroblox9406]

-4 Subscribers with a hammer addiction *drowning

[@spongy1636]

Riplitz Gaming I didn’t even catch that lol

[@ollyhp]

Tbh many people who have said to have survived drowning have said its all rather peaceful, fire is the worst way to go.

[@ok-md5be]

drowing

[@mmiisshhaa]

Yeahhh at that depth its more getting crushed in probably less then a second

[@LineDeerMountain]

They should have used Flex Tape

[@kitfisto145]

Ha

[@generalbuttnaked1184]

Hahahahahahah

[@danpritts5249]

It even works underwater!

[@user-qt5xg5ju8z]

@@kitfisto145 hakdog

[@airbornefighter7126]

Considering this is a serious moment in history I shouldn't be laughing but....hehe flex tape.

[@charliewardgames8678]

That's so sad imagine the door closing and you see the water slowly rise up until you suffocate... Drowning is rah scary I've almost drowned before

[@Bot-mf8gs]

I fell in my bathtub once

[@louisfredericksagarrigavis8719]

Yeah, I hope there was some sort of salute

[@UltimaSigmarAlonso]

Charlie Ward Games it’s scary

[@UltimaSigmarAlonso]

Charlie Ward Games i too almost drowned

[@erwinrommel6561]

Well I also did but the rock saved my life and after that father jumped into water to help me

[@katzspooner12]

Few days ago Nanggala 402 of Indonesia was missing from radar. We pray the best for the Indonesians in their efforts to find the missing submarine

[@franciscomendoza7765]

My son John Mendoza is patrolling the world beneath the waves as I write. He is a submariner. And my hero.

[@viper6571]

Your son is an amazing man

[@Luke-eo3bp]

Sos argentino?

[@arandomcatonyoutube7258]

I bow to your son

[@lock1down__]

I can only imagine what I feels like to be trapped in a sinking submarine 😟

[@Bot-mf8gs]

I got lost in my bathtub once

[@wedgedmouse5020]

The worse part would be asking someone to hold the door as they trap you in a flooded room

[@SSGRealest]

Jewish Bagel tool

[@qvq9318]

You know that feeling you get when someone in a big floaty drifts over you in the pool

[@Phoenixesper1]

You ever been in a bad marriage?

[@DeputatKaktus]

There is a saying in the German Navy: „...and so the Lord asked the rocks if they wanted to be U-Boat men. But the rocks said „Oh Lord, no, for we are not hard enough!“.

[@bigdaveyjoyce7890]

Powerful.

[@loushear4497]

Hey Tim. American submariner here. That is awesome brother.

[@thehotwheelsreviews]

weird do not ask about my dislike

[@osse1n]

*These videos are like mini films.*

[@TheInfographicsShow]

Thank you! ♥

[@akihito8247]

they're like the birdemic of movies tho...

[@Jrm-bd3nl]

More like documentaries

[@bigphil0005]

I love this channel so much. i start off with these short story/docs then I look for the Full documentaries!

[@grantgarrison5804]

I served in the Marines and have met my fair share of Submariners. They truly are a different breed of Sailor. I wouldn't mind riding around for a couple days on a submarine but doing a full deployment would probably drive me crazier than I already am.

[@Sunil-fg1rf]

Im here after the Indonesian submarine Nanggala goes missing. Lets just pray for the crew🙏 😥

[@pcgameru6196]

Do you know, why were they unable to escape

[@ljre3397]

Sorry but I didn’t know Indonesia had a navy. That sub didn’t make right?

[@makeawishkid1013]

I feel sad for the people at the bottom They shouted to keep it open but what was done had to be done 😢😔

[@outofnowhere115]

Ship before shipmates and yourself

[@ForgotowToUserName]

yeah, its a terrible decision to have to make, the captain hated it as much as them man who had to carry it out... if not more. both lived out their days with that guilt of killing men they served with on their mind.

[@joshuapatrick682]

It’s amazing the ingenuity, resilience and ability of humanity in a crisis. This happened with only mechanical technology. That blows my mind.

[@mymangoo]

Pray for nanggala 402, 53 crews still missing inside a sunken submarine 700m down of bali ocean 🙏

[@Christian-tx9dm]

Skip to 12:57 wait for video to load, hit replay button. No more ads

[@lucaskincanyon7393]

Not the hero we wanted, but the hero we needed...

[@Christian-tx9dm]

@@tohchal I'll just keep doing what I've been doing.

[@squirrelfish8200]

Nice. Support only the creators you want to

[@Christian-tx9dm]

@@squirrelfish8200 Not even that really. I'm okay with like 2 ads per video. Once I see more than that, I use this trick.

[@patrickellis1151]

I had zero adds to begin with??

[@shahzaibahmed.]

Imagine how you must feel if you are in a room with water rushing in and you just see someone seal shut the the only way out Man it must heartbreaking knowing your going to die

[@ZachCremisiSky]

This was a test, during war, they would be already closed. Most deaths in ship sinkings are the engineering crew as they were trap.

[@justin2308]

@@ZachCremisiSky Note to self, then: Don’t be part of a submarine’s engineering crew.

[@Danny-pi1xh]

This is why I always jokingly say to my wife, there’s no need for fiction because there’s so many amazing, incredible stories

[@Megaman-2407]

But fiction break science so still better

[@enderbirds3814]

Nice amount of likes

[@nevanleong5954]

rest in peace for all the brave men that died on the ship either sacrifacing themselves by closing the door on themselves just to save the others or getting trapped

[@idfk1837]

5:56 is that a flashlight or am I going insane

[@SoundShunter72]

It's a 20th century fleshlight actually.

[@rolandolabid9556]

Sflot No, its a Glow stick not a flashlight...

[@timtecson9216]

@@SoundShunter72 *flashlight

[@naphbot134]

Timmy Boss fleshlight*

[@jessejacksonbrown4281]

There’s a story in my family that my grandpa Jackson Hoyle Brown was the youngest submariner ever. He ran away from home when he was 15 and lied about his age to join the navy and went straight onto a submarine.

[@happyjonn9242]

i was younger. i joined when i was 12.

[@mochamadrizkimuchlis5907]

The sad news for Indonesia has lost contact with Indonesian submarines. I hope Indonesian submarines can be found, Aamiin

[@Motorsheep]

"doomed all the men behind that door to death."

[@patrickellis1151]

Wow that take true bravery to go through that and then serve again in ww2. The world needs more dedication like that.

[@killman369547]

i'd absolutely prefer serving on a submarine over a surface ship. there are really only two kinds of sea-going vessels these days, submarines and targets.

[@jsjzjwbzuqvzusb]

@@StudiosUntold a ship or a US navy ship?

[@jsjzjwbzuqvzusb]

@@StudiosUntold you talking about in Iran cause you are not making sense

[@alkaholic4848]

11:17 (to 11:25) You hear that Captains of the Costa Concordia and Oceanos? That's how REAL captains behave in a disaster scenario.

[@kimberleysmith818]

As the daughter of a captain I’m Not so sure about your comment. I used to cry as a child because I knew how captains were meant to behave and I was terrified my father would never come home as he would go down with his ship. It may be how they are meant to behave but s a captains daughter that’sworried me the most

[@thomasdaniels6824]

How dare you question the decision those Captains made to co-ordinate the rescues from there room at the local holiday inn.

[@gapratt4955]

To clarify, that is Portsmouth New Hampshire. USS Squalas was under going sea trials after completion at Portsmouth naval shipyard Kittery Maine. After she was raised and repaired she was renamed Sailfish. Same type of rescue bell is on display outside the PSNY museum and her sail is displayed on the yard mall.

[@sirryan5075]

In college, my history teacher told us this story in short installments: he'd only give us little bits of the story after each test in the course and challenged us not to just google the story. Now that was a challenge - he left us on the biggest cliffhangers!

[@berges104]

SSGN 726, equal number of dives and surfaces. We generally didn't discuss the number of ways to die with our girlfriends. It is comforting to know the brain isn't fast enough to grasp the final second.

[@michaeldundee8300]

I read this story as a teenager in reader's digest titled the squalus is down. It was very inspirational. They were given food and water when the bell was first attached and one of the crewmen ask what no napkins. They all had a serious amount of courage and also a little humor.

[@jacobsteeler2451]

So basically, Never get in a submarine

[@ceu160193]

Or bring some diving gear and welder...just in case hatch gets stuck.

[@T-74]

Who cares, you just respawn in 3 minutes, have none of you played barotrauma? I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t even know what an endworm is.

[@ceu160193]

@@T-74 Only played We need to go deeper, so stress of trying to repair leaking submarine, while fighting off invading enemies, trying to keep your gunner able to shoot enemies outside and not drowning isn't new.

[@sauceaddict9569]

Yes

[@charliefoxmusic8744]

-_- I worked on an Astute class submarine. Great ship

[@uyraellsensenmann8931]

This event is detailed in the book "The Terrible Hours". by Peter Maas. It is both exceptionally-well researched and written. I thoroughly recommend it; but advise that the events detailed are extremely harrowing. Thank you for the video about this relatively unknown event. Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell, New Zealand.

[@gcprost]

This is one of the most gut wrenching submarine stories I’ve ever heard. Thanks for doing this. I signed up for submarine service in 1983, but do to an odd series of events, it never happened. I often think about the challenges I might have faced.

[@andreaskristiawan813]

And now happened in indonesia, hope they all will survive,

[@amyreynolds3619]

I was a leading petty officer on my last submarine and served two Submarines. I am a Submariner for the USA .

[@SSGRealest]

Sinking Just like all my friend *ships* *sadness noises*

[@tforter]

One like = one friendship inproved

[@neki0playz12]

Heheh freind*SHIPS*

[@tforter]

neki0 playz Just why

[@neki0playz12]

@@tforter world of warships

[@camrocian7230]

Ha!

[@alanhelton]

Not only was the breathing device named after him, Momsen was half the creating force for the rescue bell and was on the rescue ship. This gentleman needs more credit for his actions in saving sailors lives.

[@tamaking86]

I'm an Army man and I'm terrified to be in the Navy...but lord. My respect to any man or woman that is. Dying in a submarine is a scary thought since your body may never be recovered!

[@makesaveinvest1401]

Submarines are amazing!!

[@Rzrizaldy]

Let's pray for KRI Nanggala 402 from Indonesia 🇮🇩 can make it and survive. April 2021

[@peterhoward492]

Great story and the graphics were an important addition. Thnx

[@TheInfographicsShow]

Thank you Peter! ♥

[@alexsamaniego9061]

Thanks for the Video. As an STS2 (SS) myself. I am proud to serve in the submarine community.

[@sothatsprettyneat]

STG2 here. You people are crazy. Much respect from your sonar brothers up top

[@loushear4497]

Shower tech.... stay safe brother. A- gang

[@michaelmemmott1050]

I bet that diver was narc'd out so bad. What a crazy story. Brave dudes

[@fracturedframe1462]

The men drowning reminded me of the scene from battlefield 4

[@ristube3319]

I live in New London, CT! So crazy to hear it randomly. My grandfather worked at the Submarine building facility, I’ve been able to watch the launches and their sailing in and out of base too! Unbelievable to see them mixed in with ferries and normal boat traffic, their size is outrageous if you’ve only seen them in video.

[@PokeRetroFan]

This would make for an amazing hollywood movie

[@justinkassel4000]

“With just a few inches of steel between them” lol

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've heard of this rescue. It was a great one. It helped bring about much better under-water rescue devices n techniques. God bless the man who brought that about.

[@ashleymcginly1374]

WTH they complaining about? submarines are supposed to sink

[@mako9324]

That’s so messed up😂

[@hazenc5105]

hahaha

[@pippasearle1364]

:l HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@ryanl.1085]

Yeah, poor choice of words 😂

[@thatlaurenperson2249]

I know I shouldn’t be laughing but I am 😂

[@KCGMiyu]

I salute the captain for making his crew get rescued before him even if there's no guarantee that the 2nd attempt would be successful as the first

[@sakiajohnson64]

A really inspiring story👍💕. Iam honoured at the men and women who serve

[@jasonjiangjiany1976]

There's no women submarine I guessed?

[@khz2172]

i cried watching this...brave men serving their country...

[@aidand8623]

It’s CRAZY I can remember watching videos from 200k sub

[@FiveTwoSevenTHR]

Right off the coast of New Hampshire where this happened, the USS Thresher sunk as well but it imploded at too great of a depth.

[@connoraugustine2127]

I ship off to Navy RTC in a few months and then NF school after that, and I filled out all the paperwork for the Sub volunteer service. So here's hoping.

[@jayplayz2763]

One of your biggest fans. I love everything about your videos.

[@VimVinyl]

@@rayh7989 ok submarine man

[@TheInfographicsShow]

Thank you very much! 🙏

[@akihito8247]

jay got an f in history that day

[@afterwalker6773]

You'd think they'd design submarines with escape pods or something. Smaller submarines that can be launched from the larger vessel. I mean, overwater ships have lifeboats, so why not submarines?

[@osse1n]

*Das Boat entered my mind.*

[@hayro252]

You should play Uboat game, it's on steam!

[@jellyman1735]

1:44 Well one should certainly think that submarines are "vital tools of underwater warfare"!

[@geraldelliotttompsett3278]

Being a Bubblehead and a Navy Diver, I was qualified on the Mc Cann rescue Chamber as an operator. The reason that it took so long to descend to the deck of the submarine is the drive motor that PULLS the Chamber to the submarine is driven by a motor powered by Air pressure supplied thru a hose from the ship above. "Slow"..... Plus they were still getting the bugs out of the system in 1938...

[@joe.9418]

This and many other reasons why I enjoy learning about the Navy.

[@itzkirml]

Tell me why I got an ad about a movie where a submarine cracks underwater?

[@MrJude9]

I'm in the Navy and I know people who were aboard the USS John S. McCain and one of the sailors I know had to close one of the scuttles on a birthing full of their shipmates. They have been medically discharged due to severe depression and PTSD caused by the event. I keep contact with them and help where I can with their coping.

[@MrJude9]

I've kept the identity of this sailor confidential due to the sensitivity of their situation

[@Chuck_Freaking_Norris]

It was great because I breathed on it.

[@jericho1733]

For the question at the end. I don't know and I don't choose, if you could choose your exact role in the military, some branches would be too full and others would be empty

[@auro1986]

every navy needs submarines like uss squalus

[@MrAnarmlessman]

This Ladies and Gentlemen….is a true Captain. A Marvelous sailor and leader of the sea.

[@SevVonDoom]

“We all live in a Yellow Submarine ,Yellow Submarine,Yellow Submarine.”

[@jediael9906]

This is just one of the many reasons why we should respect our Military Personnel

[@fujiwara478hp]

Awesome! Best thing ever! I love this!

[@egormalanichev9082]

is it just me or the narrator really should not be saying '23 men died' in this super cheerful tone? Does he now know of other emotions? I don't know why, but it bothers me greatly

[@mcbdllc136]

Yeah it makes me sick thinking about it honestly

[@xndr247]

This is pretty sick this needs to have a book or movie

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Another awesome and interesting video...videos like this are awesome.. Thanks infographic..🙏👍

[@TheInfographicsShow]

🙏

[@tanin34]

I served in submarines. Got lucky and my first duty station was Hawaii!

[@phantomifyy]

Videos like these are always a motivational documentary for me 😂

[@asmile1197]

5:08 just curious - wouldn't it have been easier to rescue some men behind the door and shut them close all together?

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Ar Smile Not enough time. Better to doom some of the crew than wait and doom all of the crew

[@mustachio2]

I read a book about this. Amazing. What the book said is that the phone line got broken because someone tied it too close to the ship otherwise there would have been slack. Also the rocket buoy was different then the phone buoy.

[@ktsd4353]

i just signed an secf contract to be stationed on a submarine 3 days ago and this did not help

[@squirrelfish8200]

Then why specifically choose to compete for the first subs to allow women on them at all? Go Aecf instead maybe.

[@paperglu6640]

Epiic resuuce matte

[@respecttheblox]

Enlisted for MMS. Going to bootcamp June 22nd. I'm excited to serve my part onboard a submarine like the brave Sailors before me.

[@ForensicsLabwithDrDan]

What a fun dive into an interesting topic 🙃

[@justin2308]

I first read about this in maybe the fourth grade in a book of insane survival stories. I’ve had a fear of the deep sea ever since.

[@nursesteve2004]

In one of the great ironies of history, the submarine USS Sculpin was standing by near the sunken Squalus, listening for tap messages from its trapped crew. The Squalus was eventually raised, repaired, and decommissioned as the USS Sailfish. Several years later during WW2, both Sailfish and Sculpin were deployed to the Pacific. The USS Sculpin was attacked and sunk by enemy destroyers (a Navy Officer CMDR Cromwell, who was supposed to be dropped off in the Phillipines to give valuable information about Allied plans to invade the Phillipines, went down with the sub rather than be captured and possibly be broken under torture. He was posthumously awarded the MOH), and a large part of her crew were captured by the Japanese. However on their way to Japan aboard a prison ship, their ship was torpedoed and sunk, and a number of Sculpin crew died. The sub that fired the torpedoes that sunk their ship was the USS Sailfish.

[@mwa66212]

Isn't it pronounced Sub-mare-in-ers.

[@javienelmore3182]

this is a 10million subscriber channel and thats FACTS!

[@MackV99]

Yes

[@9skyman945]

And later they recommissioned this ship (under another name) and it had a successful career in WWII.

[@alkaholic4848]

:-O

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Yes, as USS Sailfish. She would go on to serve throughout the entire war and sink quite a few ships, including an aircraft carrier

[@feleitks]

Titanic: Behind the scenes

[@beesafterdark5644]

This is especially cool because escaping a submarine accident like this very seldom goes successfully

[@atlas4916]

My cousin is going to be a nuclear engineer on a nuclear sub and he is 18, subs now days are a lot more safe now though I believe, he is a smart guy

[@YOCOSMINMAX16]

tundrarunner Engineer at 18?

[@atlas4916]

@@YOCOSMINMAX16that's just what they told him, they are going to train him. He is going to do that because he scored high on his ASVAB test

[@ajhproductions2347]

They just had to make sure the screen doors were no longer in use from the submarines previous owner

[@aravinddileep]

Amazing content my man... You should be proud of yourself.

[@charliewardgames8678]

First hour of the upload

[@cristianruiz2690]

When I was at Meps I qualified and offered a job as a electricians mate on a submarine but I had to say no cuz like I really can’t go long without seeing sunlight

[@MassLox]

Imagine being in the engine room as your colleague closes the hatch on you, someone you probably considered your friend, dooming you to slowly drown in a steel chamber... and for what? Because a few people decided they didn't have enough dirt. (Obviously over simplified)

[@maycuervo]

MassLox they weren’t at war with anyone at the time

[@toughmanrandysavage3077]

If you send a bowey why not send a air hose up with it. There you go unlimited air! Sorry I didn't know how to spell boweyxD

[@petertracycarroll]

Love these animations

[@TheInfographicsShow]

Thanks for watching! 👍

[@bruhletiusmomentus2785]

6:08 Saline water is a better conductor of electricity than the human body, so he'll be completely safe, actually.

[@jackwalker9492]

Such better content than when they decided to try to become "Master Strategists" about warfare.