[Tailback]

225 ft of water doesn't seem like that much for an entire crew to be lost in. Wouldn't it be possible for some of the crew to excape? Of course, if the mine was large enough the sudden catastrophic damage could have been insurmountable.

I'd like to hear some opinions of submariners.

[Mr. Silverback]

New slogan for airlines offering nonstop service from Western countries to Thailand:
"Thailand: It's not just for [insert horrific sexual crime description here] anymore!"

Seriously, though...sign me up baby, I'm up for a wreck dive. And what an odd coincidence, I just started reading "Shadow Divers" last night--It's a book about to guys from Jersey whofind the wreck of a previously unknown U-Boat.

[Mr. Silverback]

On second reading...225 feet is probably too deep for me. That's 95 feet beyond my certification limit, and 140 feet beyond my deepest dive logged thus far. Nitrogen narcosis is a bad, bad deal.

[Travis McGee]

Balao Class:

This one is the Lagarto.

[bill1952]

How the heck did they know that it was sunk by a mine if they had never found it?

[PAR35]

This might be of interest to some at the Foxhole.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

I was just on Oahu and saw the memorial for all the lost subs.

Here's a link to the missing sub and it's crew. God rest their souls.

http://www.csp.navy.mil/ww2boats/lagarto.htm

[BigCinBigD]

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea.

Welcome home Navy.

[Unknown Freeper]

for later

[quietolong]

Lagarto (SS-371)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08371.htm

http://www.csp.navy.mil/ww2boats/lagarto.htm