With the cameras still rolling, Tauber helped him to the conning tower hatch.
Submarine personal escape the ship through the tower hatch.
Long Tom and Johnny were boosted out of the tower hatch.
On 31 July, while the submarine was diving, the conning tower hatch failed to latch, and subsequently flew open.
Before closing the conning tower hatch, he noticed that the submarine had taken on a 12-degree list.
The conning tower hatch was a disc of daylight above the control room.
The next morning, while making a morning trim dive, the conning tower hatch failed.
His last view of his boat was of water pouring down the conning tower hatch as she went under.
Bargsten snapped open the conning tower hatch and rushed outside to assess the situation.
The men got the conning tower hatch shut.