Charles Momsen

Charles Bowers Momsen, nicknamed "Swede", was born in Flushing, New York. He was an American pioneer in submarine rescue for the United States Navy, and he invented the underwater escape device later called the "Momsen lung", for which he received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal in 1929. In May 1939, Momsen directed the rescue of the crew of Squalus (SS-192).

21 June 1896

Born on the same birth day (21 June): Al Hirschfeld • Bernie Kopell • Dee Molenaar • Edwin Stephen Goodrich • Giovanni Spadolini • Jeremy Coney • Joe Flaherty • Judith Bingham • Kōichi Mashimo • Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress • Marjorie Margolies • Mike McCormack (American football) • Patrick Dunleavy • Pier Luigi Nervi • Rob Kelly (American football) • William Dobinson Halliburton

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