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O-5 (SS-66)

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	1.60k	Schley (SS-52) forward looking aft, 9 Jan. 1917. Note the construction of two other submarines on the ways to the left. The only other submarines under construction at Fore River were O-3 (SS-64), O-4 (SS-65), O-5 (SS-66), & O-6 (SS-67), which were all laid down between 2 thru 8 December 1916.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston (USNR). US National Archives photo # 19lc 11 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. Photo added 10/24/12.
	148k	O-5 (SS-66), off Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 14 April 1918, during her trials.		LOC photo # LC-F81-27036 courtesy of Tom Kermen. Text courtesy of USNHC photo # NH 44551.
	72k	In May 1918, Trever was ordered to the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Mass., to assist in fitting out O-5 (SS-66). He assumed command of the new 0-boat on 9 June 1918 and received the temporary rank of Lieutenant Commander on 1 July 1918. On 5 October 1918, during post-commissioning trials, an explosion occurred on board O-5 in which Trever and a crewman were injured. Nine days later, at the naval hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y., on 14 October 1918, Lt. Comdr. George Arthur Trever died as a result of the severe and multiple injuries suffered in the shipboard tragedy.		Photo courtesy of the US Naval Academy Alumni Association via Bill Gonyo.
	95k	O-5 (SS-66), left and O-3 (SS-64), probably at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, circa 1918-1920.		US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 98061. Collection of Christopher Henry William Lloyd, donated by Virginia M. Agostini, 1990.
	659k	A steel sea monster, amphibious and formidable, is Uncle Sam's newest submarine just home from war duty. The great fin rudders stabilize the boat under water and assist in speedy submerging. They fold up snugly against the sides when the "sub" is under way. Several of these new O-boats are making their initial New York appearance in the Naval Review.		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from the New-York Tribune (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 27 April 1919, Image 47, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	35k	O-5 (SS-66), underway and undated.		USN photo courtesy of oneternalpatrol.com.
	387k	US Submarine base at Coco Solo, Panama 1923. The R-26 (SS-103) is in the background with the white tarp over her fore deck. The Submarine Chaser in the background is SC 285. The O-3 (SS-64) & O-7 (SS-68) are in front of the R-26. The O-9 (SS-70) is next closest to the camera. The two boats in the foreground are the O-5 (SS-66) and a mystery "O" boat. The O-5 reported to Coco Solo in January of 1923 and she sank 18 Oct 1923 with the loss of 2 lives.		Text courtesy of Ric Hedman. Photo from the private collection of Ric Hedman.
	76k	The SS Abangarez, in San Francisco Bay, California, in late 1945 or early 1946. This United Fruit Company banana carrier was built in Ireland in 1909. She sank the O-5 (SS-66) on 28 October 1923.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 98764. Donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.
	85k	Submarine Division 8, Commander Guy E. Davis commanding. Nine of the Division's ten O-boats at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 16 August 1921. Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer", 11 Portland Street, Boston. Submarines in the front row are (from left to right): O-3 (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-9 (SS-70) and O-1 (SS-62). Those in the second row are (from left to right): O-7 (SS-68), unidentified (either O-2 or O-8), O-5 (SS-66), O-10(SS-71) and O-4 (SS-65). Large four-stacked ship in the left center distance is the U.S. Army Transport Mount Vernon.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 103193.
	32k	Commemorative photo in memory of the O-5 (SS-66).		Photo courtesy of Tom Kermen. Dante's Prayer courtesy of Loreena McKennitt via quinlanroad.com.
	121k	Google Earth satellite photo of the eastern approach of the Panama Canal, showing Cristobal Panama, with Limon Bay, a part of the Caribbean Sea, where the O-5 (SS-66) sank.		View courtesy of Google Earth.
	76k	Torpedoman Second Class Henry Breault, USN (center) receives the Medal of Honor from President Calvin Coolidge, in ceremonies at the White House, Washington, D.C., on 8 March 1924. Captain Adolphus Andrews, Presidential Naval Aide, is at left. Breault was awarded the Medal of Honor for "heroism and devotion to duty" during the sinking of O-5 (SS-66) on 28 October 1923.		US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 52788.
	91k	Memorial plaque at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia PA, July 2006 for the crews of United States submarines lost during peace time accidents: F-1 (SS-20), F-4 (SS-23), G-2 (SS-27), H-1 (SS-28), O-5 (SS-66), O-9 (SS-70), S-4 (SS-109), S-51 (SS-162), Squalus (SS-192), Scorpion (SSN-589) & Thresher (SSN-593).		Photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
	58k	The Panama Canal owned the two largest floating cranes in the world, each able to lift 250 tons (275.5 mt). One, the Atlas, began sailing to the rescue. In this photo, the Canal-launch captain reaches out to help O-5 (SS-66) survivor Henry Breault aboard after the crane Atlas finally pulled the submarine to the surface, from 230 feet, rescuing two trapped crewmen, 28 October 1923. As of June 2006 the Atlas is still operating in the Canal. In Memorium: In the Second Book of Shmuel (Samuel), 22nd chapter, 5th through the 20th verses, translated from the original in Hebrew and published by the Koren Publishers of Jerusalem, Israel, 1982, can perhaps aptly describe the fate of the crew and all other U.S. submariners who died defending their county: "When the waves of death compassed me / the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; / the bonds of She'ol encircled me; / the snares of death took me by surprise; / in my distress I called upon the Lord, / and cried to my G-D: / and he heard my voice out of his temple, / and my cry entered into his ears. / Then the earth shook and trembled; /the foundations of heaven moved / and shook because of his anger /...the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies /... And the channels of the sea appeared, / the foundations of the world were laid bare, / at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast at the breath of his nostrils. / He sent from above, he took me; / he drew me out of many waters; / he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. / They surprised me in the day of my calamity: / but the Lord was my stay..."		Photo courtesy of czbrats.com., submitted by Jeffery G. Scism & Aldrin Alfonso Carranza Sanchez. Partial text courtesy of czimages.com.

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
ComSubPac Report of loss of USS O-5 (SS 66) October 18, 1923 - 2 Men Lost
On Eternal Patrol
Images from the Panama Canal of the O-5 (SS-66)
PigBoats.COM TM, a Historic Look at Submarines

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