Date of Accident: 12 March, 1920
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Grounded on a shoal of Santa Margarita Island, CA. Four men (including the Commanding Officer) were killed trying to reach shore.
After the remaining crew were rescued, the repair ship USS Vestal pulled H-1 off the rocks, only to have her sink 45 minutes later. Further salvage attempts were abandoned.
H-1 was found again in 1992.
Four men lost, 21 survivors.
(U.S. Navy DANFS 3: 196)
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