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I’m reading (audiobook actually) this book which mentions Grunion...
The Bravest Man: The Story of Richard O’Kane & U.S. Submariners in the Pacific War
William Tuohy
Didn’t yet get to the part with the loss of the Grunion.
Wow.
May the families of those brave men lost have some peace. What an incredible (and emotional) find.
There is some evidence the GRUNION may have gone down afer a surface attack on a Japanese troop transport. Allegedly, a 3-inch shell from the transport struck the GRUNION’s conning tower. The wreckage should be able to confirm or contradict this theory. I, like many, always assumed she went down fighting.
Fitting
Wreckage
Hatch
Hatch
Periscope
Prop Guard
Squished by Water Pressure
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Thank you for posting!
One ping only.
I know you’re not a bubblehead, but Navy ping anyway.
An open hatch indicates some may have got out.. unfortuately you can live only for a few minutes in that temp of water.. especially in winter.. And even if you reach shore what then, all wet and all.. Doubt any reached shore anyway..