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/src on/The Hunley needs to turned into scrap metal. The submarine was a instrument of evil and oppression./src off.
1 posted on 08/24/2017 6:58:19 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I don’t understand how soldiers can go into a situation when they know there is a high probability they will die.


2 posted on 08/24/2017 7:12:05 AM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: LS

PING


5 posted on 08/24/2017 7:26:19 AM PDT by bitt (The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literal)
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To: C19fan
...the skeletons of its eight-man crew were still at their stations...

Where else would they be?

7 posted on 08/24/2017 7:29:38 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: C19fan

Based on where it was found I recall it was concluded that they sank on their return trip when they lost bouyancy from water coming in the hatch while they were signaling. (?)


11 posted on 08/24/2017 7:55:09 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: C19fan; DFG
"They found copper ribbons from the charge embedded in the pole; suggesting that the torpedo was never designed to be detached from the submarine, but was intended instead to be rammed directly into an enemy ship."

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Ignorant, incompetent so-called "journalists"!!! :-(

No "copper ribbons"! The entire mounting sleeve and aft end of the torpedo were found -- still bolted to the 'business end' of the torpedo spar.

See the actual artifact photos I posted on DFG's earlier, well-illustrated thread.

13 posted on 08/24/2017 1:02:57 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Treat George P. Bush like Santa Ana at San Jacinto!!!)
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To: onedoug

Ping


23 posted on 08/25/2017 8:13:56 AM PDT by stylecouncilor ("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
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