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  • Salvor Sailors to Dive on Presumed WWII Submarine Resting Site

    06/12/2006 4:23:36 PM PDT · by SandRat · 13 replies · 1,221+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | Jun 11, 2006 | Commander Task Force 73 Public Affairs
    ABOARD USS SALVOR, Gulf of Thailand (NNS) -- The rescue and salvage ship USS Salvor (ARS 52) and divers of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 arrived June 11 at the site in the Gulf of Thailand presumed to be the resting place of the WWII–era USS Lagarto (SS 371) and its crew. In May 2005, British diver Jamie MacLeod reported finding Lagarto, which was last seen May 3, 1945. On May 8, 2006, MacLeod joined U.S. Pacific Fleet Submarine Force Commander Rear Adm. Jeffrey Cassias and families of crew members who served aboard Lagarto at a memorial service...