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To: SkyDancer

Yes, fifty-two US subs are listed on eternal patrol. Two were sunk by friendly fire, two were lost in training accidents, one was accidentally rammed and sunk by her escort, four were lost due to grounding, and forty-three were lost due to enemy action.


41 posted on 08/17/2006 4:03:31 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson ("I see storms on the horizon.")
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Two were sunk by friendly fire

One WW2 submarine officer told me that the most dangerous cruise he ever made was the one from New London to the Panama Canal.

48 posted on 08/17/2006 4:31:52 PM PDT by 19th LA Inf
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