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Sonar cameras capture first images American ships sunk practicing D-Day attack
Daily Mail ^ | 4/22/2014 | Sara Malm

Posted on 04/23/2014 9:24:29 PM PDT by logi_cal869

Detailed images two American ships that sank off the coast of England during a pre-D-Day training exercise in World War II have been recorded by a U.S. submarine.

The images, recorded by a Massachusetts company that surveyed the wreckage to mark the 70th anniversary of the sinking, are the first in high definition.

The two ships were sunk off by German forces during Exercise Tiger on April 28, 1944, claiming the lives of 749 U.S. soldiers and sailors.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: dday; wwii
Full Title: Sonar cameras capture first high-res images of two American ships sunk in Operation Tiger D-Day attack that claimed 749 lives lying in pieces at bottom of English Channel

I'm posting this for a couple of reasons. One, obviously, is gratefully families now have another path to closure with the final resting place of so many brave souls revealed in a way not long ago impossible (save for some famous, or infamous, shipwrecks).

I'm sure some of you will figure out the other one...

(Hint: That detail is astonishing. Hard to hide anything on the ocean floor these days...all one has to have is the desire & resources to go & look. Better pics at the link)

1 posted on 04/23/2014 9:24:29 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: logi_cal869

I believe some research will find that the men lost were members of an Engineer Battalion.


2 posted on 04/23/2014 9:30:30 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2014!)
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To: logi_cal869

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-boat#Operations_with_the_Kriegsmarine

German “E” Boats or “S” boats.


3 posted on 04/23/2014 9:57:01 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: logi_cal869

Yes, but:

1) We know with a high degree of certainty where these ships were sunk,

2) Comparatively, the ships were mostly intact when they sank,

3) The bottom is flat, making objects easier to find, and

4) The depth here is only 50 meters, not 5,000.


4 posted on 04/24/2014 4:21:29 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow)
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To: logi_cal869

yeah, then german ‘tornadoes’ are good at getting a ship ‘sunk off’...sounds like kinky reporting to me.


5 posted on 04/24/2014 4:30:13 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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