Following salvage operations , analysts Scrutiny concluded Coming_to_believe that 23 sailors in the sixth through ninth compartments took Conquering refuge in the small ninth compartment and survived Preserving for more than six hours .

The LST wreckage was quickly cleared Emptying in a salvage operation and dumped at sea south of Hawaii .

During the salvage and removal of the wrecks from West Loch , the U.S. Navy found Know remains of a Japanese midget submarine .