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|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|published in=[[The Transformers issue 15|''The Transformers'' issue 15]]
|date=[[6 April|6th April]], 1985
|writer=[[Mister Kit]]<ref name=oubliees/>
|artist=Mister Kit
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==Synopsis==
It's the 23rd of May, [[Robot universe#1939|1939]], and the U.S. Navy submarine ''[[Squalus]]'' is being tested off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A routine dive goes awry as water floods the engine room, causing the ship to drop to the bed, 242 feet below sea level. To make matters worse, a short circuit in the batteries causes an electrical fire, which is rapidly dealt with.
The commander of the ship orders his main to remain calm and hunker down. The Navy will soon be searching for ''Squalus'' when it fails to report in, so the buoys are released to provide a thick red smoke signal.
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|h1=''[[Squalus]]''
|c1=
*[[Squalus#Squalus crew|''Squalus'' crew]]
**[[Squalus#Squalus commander|''Squalus'' commander]]
*[[Squalus#Sailfish crew|''Sailfish'' crew]]
|h2=''[[Falcon]]''
|c2=
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*McCann is Lieutenant Commander [[w:Allan Rockwell McCann|Allan Rockwell McCann]].
*Sibitsky is Boatswain's Mate Martin C. Sibitsky.<ref>[https://exhibits.mclibrary.duke.edu/uss_squalus/shilling-narrative%3Fpage=6.html We Rescue The Men From The U. S. S. Squalus, by Lt. Comdr. C. W. Shilling (MC) USN (page 7)]</ref>
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===Edits===
===Artwork and technical errors===
*The translated script notes multiple buoys being released from ''Squalus'', though only one is depicted by the artwork.▼
*The lettering calls ''Sculpin'' ''Squalus''{{'}}s "sistership" (i.e. sisterhood) rather than "sister ship".▼
*"Look, Commander McCann! The lights of ''Sculpin Penacook''." There should probably be an "and" between the two ships' names.▼
====Historical inaccuracies====
*The skipper of ''Squalus'' was a Lieutenant, not a Commander.
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*McCann – who was a Lieutenant Commander, not a Commander – did not operate the bell personally.<ref>[https://exhibits.mclibrary.duke.edu/uss_squalus/shilling-narrative%3Fpage=7.html We Rescue The Men From The U. S. S. Squalus, by Lt. Comdr. C. W. Shilling (MC) USN (page 8)]</ref> We can't blame this one on Marvel UK, as that is straight up just a drawing of McCann in panel 5 of page 5. The bell is also depicted as a lot more spacious than it was in real life.
*Wikipedia cites the 1975 book "Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan" by [[w:Clay Blair|Clay Blair Jr.]] as revealing that the ''Sculpin'' crewmembers killed on the Japanese cargo boat were not actually part of the crew that helped rescue ''Squalus''.
▲*The translated script notes multiple buoys being released from ''Squalus'', though only one is depicted by the artwork.
▲*The lettering calls ''Sculpin'' ''Squalus''{{'}}s "sistership" (i.e. sisterhood) rather than "sister ship".
▲*"Look, Commander McCann! The lights of ''Sculpin Penacook''." There should probably be an "and" between the two ships' names.
===Continuity errors===
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