Thanks cripplecreek.
Posted on 07/22/2015 6:33:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek
Thanks cripplecreek.
"The last confirmed sighting happened a couple of days later, on Sunday afternoon, when a passing railcar ferry reported the ship still afloat."
I'm assuming that they "reported" it after they had reached their destination.
The article has been edited to read “reported” instead of “radioed” since last night when I copied and pasted the quote.
A few years back, I visited the Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola. We were guided by a 90 year old WW II Hell Cat pilot. He related a great tale. For his 80th birth birthday he received a great present, flying a Hell Cat retrieved from Lake Michigan and painstakingly rebuilt by the guys at the museum.
It turns out they actually have several. The Navy built a practice carrier in Lake Michigan for landings. There were many failed landing attempts and many planes in the water. The pure clear water preserved rather than damaged the air craft. When retrieved the volunteers could clean them up and put in flying condition.
The practice carrier was in Lake Michigan rather than at Pensacola because of danger from submarine attack
BTW.... that museum is in my view superior to that at Wright Patterson
Seems that someone told them about the discrepancy.
Kudos to you ...
Cool story about an 1899 shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan in remarkable condition. I know that it is closer to Michigan than Wisconsin, but LM is our lake too!
FReep mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
” I sailed the breadth of Lake Erie, and across it to Canada.”
I used to sail out of Sandusky Bay, in a 36’ Islander. Sailing the islands was fun. Went to Canada a couple times. I liked to sail alone. Ticked my Dad off!
WOW! Amazing discovery. :)
You HAD to expect this from me. :)
‘My Heart Will Go On’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2UO0-pE9T4
Interesting piece...
According to the article I read yesterday, he was one of many who sailed on the Titanic, and did not survive.
Just reread yesterday’s article, and I was incorrect. It was the owner of the Moran, Captain Edward Gifford Crosby, who died on the Titanic. Sorry!
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