The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Submarine">submarine</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sailfish_(SS-192)" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Sailfish (SS-192)">USS <i id="mwng">Squalus</i></a> sinks off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.