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Possible WWII submarine wreck found in PNG
news.com.au ^
| 27th October 2011
Posted on 10/27/2011 5:05:35 AM PDT by naturalman1975
Edited on 10/27/2011 7:00:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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THE Royal Australian Navy is investigating an uncharted wreck in Papua New Guinea, believed to be a submarine, discovered in a joint operation with the New Zealand Navy.
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; worldwareleven
A number of US submarines went missing in this general area during the war - the USS Argonaut (SM-1) or the USS Amberjack (SS-219) would probably be the most likely candidates if this wreck is an American submarine.
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To: naturalman1975
The sub appears to be at the bottom of the harbor in Rabaul which probability means it is Japanese.
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posted on
10/27/2011 5:24:58 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: F15Eagle; All
Good read is Scorpion Down by Ed Offley. He offers that the Scorpion was sunk by the Sovs in retaliation for our alledged sinking of the K-129 and both governments agreed to keep the incident quiet.
He touches only a little on the Navy’s finding that it may have been a hot torpedo.
I have also read that a suspect was the garbage disposal unit was unsecure and boat took on water.
To the OP, sorry for the thread hijack.
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posted on
10/27/2011 5:27:18 AM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
("It's free, swipe your EBT!")
To: F15Eagle
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USS Scorpion ... one theory is a torpeo malfunction ...
This is a good link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scorpion_(SSN-589)
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To: Molon Labbie
Thanks, now I gotta get that book too. :)
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posted on
10/27/2011 5:35:32 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: Patton@Bastogne
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posted on
10/27/2011 5:50:06 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
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To: naturalman1975; blam; SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/27/2011 7:21:52 AM PDT
by
nothingnew
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To: naturalman1975
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posted on
10/27/2011 7:28:15 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
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To: naturalman1975
IIRC, didn’t then recently discover the USS Wahoo?
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posted on
10/27/2011 7:35:50 AM PDT
by
ken5050
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posted on
10/27/2011 8:10:27 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: nothingnew
Thanks.
God Bless These Lost Souls.
(From An Old Diesel Sub Sailor)
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posted on
10/27/2011 10:41:18 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Thanks. God Bless These Lost Souls. (From An Old Diesel Sub Sailor)
You are quite welcome and thank you for your service.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
10/27/2011 1:36:24 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: nothingnew
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posted on
10/27/2011 3:29:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: fso301
More likely, yes, but it is possible, it’s a US boat and I thought that was the possibility more likely to interest people here.
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:18:23 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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