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  • Divers Discover WWII U.S. Sub in Gulf of Thailand

    07/01/2005 10:36:43 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 68 replies · 2,208+ views
    San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | July 1, 2005 | Ed Cropley
    BANGKOK – A team of deep-sea divers has discovered the wreck of a U.S. submarine sunk by a Japanese minelayer 60 years ago in the Gulf of Thailand during the closing stages of World War Two. The U.S.S. Lagarto, a 1,500 ton 'Balao class' submarine, disappeared without trace on May 4, 1945 after attacking a Japanese tanker and destroyer convoy around 100 miles off the southeast coast of Thailand. All 86 men on board are still listed as missing in action. 'We've always known that since the end of the War there's been a submarine missing around there,' said British...