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To: Red Badger

the whole fore of the ship lies buried in the sand, while the stern stands 65 feet above the bottom.


unusual?


6 posted on 04/19/2018 11:02:23 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
the whole fore of the ship lies buried in the sand, while the stern stands 65 feet above the bottom. unusual?

SHrug...speeding at 30 knots when new fandagled sonar picks you up and a Depth charge drops on you ? Slow motion yard dart.

11 posted on 04/19/2018 11:06:19 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
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To: PeterPrinciple

If the bomb damage breached the forward compartment, and the snipes managed to seal off the engine room, she’d sink nose first with the stern still buoyant. I suspect the depression that the bow is sitting in was caused by scour from the local currents.


15 posted on 04/19/2018 11:10:12 AM PDT by 75thOVI ("The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged". Sir Arthur Wilson)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Looks deliberate................


29 posted on 04/19/2018 12:24:16 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Don’t forget that the Type XXI was a new design. She could have had a ballast trim problem. If it was combat damage, then it’s most likely obscured by the sea floor.


51 posted on 06/12/2018 3:42:58 AM PDT by Tallguy
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