Mysterious German U-Boat found in Lake Ontario
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Topic: Mysterious German U-Boat found in Lake Ontario
Posted By: Rontini
Subject: Mysterious German U-Boat found in Lake Ontario
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 9:11am
Niagara Falls| Divers from the U.S coast guard took part this morning, ina delicate wreck recovery operation to bring to the surface a Nazisubmarine dicovered two weeks ago at the bottom of Lake Ontario.See picture at: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-mysterious-nazi-submarine-from-wwii-discovered-in-great-lakes/" rel="nofollow - http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-mysterious-nazi-submarine-from-wwii-discovered-in-great-lakes/ ------------- Every increase in government authority is a decrease of the liberty of each citizen. |
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Posted By: Gil
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 10:34am
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I never heard the term anti-sub grenades before. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 11:04am
| The story is BS or they have the wrong picture. That's a November SSN (Type 1 Nuc) in the photo. On 28-30 August 2003, K-159 was taken under tow to Potyarny. The November sunk in the Barents Sea 200 meters down, with nine of her crew and most likely 800 kilograms of spent nuclear fuel. |
Posted By: gerry
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 11:13am
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Pretty sure that's not a German WWII sub there... thats the Russian K-159 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-159" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-159 No disrespect to Rontini intended.. but other "news" headlines on that site may be relevant: "IRAN: New vaccine could cure homosexuality and pedophilia" "Man cures himself of cancer by having sex up to 18 times per day" "Bermuda Triangle: Ship[ reappears 90 years after going missing" and my favorite: "Yoko Ono: I had an affair with Hillary Clinton in the '70s" ------------- MT2/SS USS Simon Bolivar - SSBN 641 (B) USS Henry M. Jackson - SSBN 730 (B) USSVI - Wyoming Base |
Posted By: GaryKC
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 11:18am
Yep, no way a WWII boat had a closed sail. Another K-159 image ------------- SS484 SS426 SSBN618 Joined this BBS: May 25 2007 Website http://www.usstusk.com" rel="nofollow - USS Tusk SS 426 |
Posted By: gerry
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 11:47am
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While looking into this, I used Google Images Reverse Search - say you have an image of a rusty old submarine, Google can tell you where that image comes from on the interwebs. Go to http://www.google.com, then click Images in the upper right corner. The search box (where you type your search terms) changes slightly - it now has a camera icon in it. Click that. You get a pop-up window where you can enter the URL of an image, or a second tab where you can upload an image from your system. Google will then try to match it on the web. The article referenced above also had an image of two divers in icy water, which the caption prompts us to believe are USCG divers in Lake Ontario. Google tells me that it is actually a frame from a documentary, produced by Rolex (note the watches on the divers' wrists), concerning under-ice diving at the North Pole. So, yeah. World News Daily Report; not quite as sophisticated as theonion.com (HIGHLY recommended, btw). Closer to the National Enquirer. You guys have a great weekend! G ------------- MT2/SS USS Simon Bolivar - SSBN 641 (B) USS Henry M. Jackson - SSBN 730 (B) USSVI - Wyoming Base |
Posted By: Sewer Pipe Snipe
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 12:12pm
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Darn, here I had thought I found out how all those Nazi SS guys got into the US. Although the documentary on TV says that is how they made it from Spain to Argentina. Hitler included.
------------- Walt, Had I done everything right throughout my life, the World wouldn't have noticed. |
Posted By: SaltiDawg
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 12:59pm
The grenades are a real deal, while the story may be totally bogus. The grenades are meant to be a "message" to a detected boat in an out-of-bounds area. It also allows the skimmer to mark the location of a detected boat for all to hear - most definately including the boat. If one of these grenades goes off in the boat's proximity I guarantee it will make you a believer in not being in the area of a full size depth-charge at any time! The grenade will put the fear of God in you! Jerry |
Gil wrote:Posted By: Bob M
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 3:00pm
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Does the term PDC (Practice Depth Charge) ring a bell. They were used off on San Diego on us back in the early 60's. Never saw one, but they were described as a hand grenade. Did some deck board damage to some boats. ------------- Any distance of place or lapse of time can lesson the friendship of those persuaded of each others worth - Robert Southey |
Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 3:16pm
Here are a few more from the same site: Now, this one is just grotesque...  Florida: 400-Pound Woman Survives Sexual Assault by herd of Manatees Fort Pierce, FL | The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a Florida woman from a frightening assault by a herd of manatees yesterday near Pepper Actually, this one could be true...  Detroit woman gives birth to her 14th child from 14 different fathers A 36-year old woman from Michigan has made a crashing entrance into the Guinness Book of World Records yesterday at the Harper University Hospital, by... But, this one proves the bogus-icity of this site beyond all doubt ... I'm just saying . . .  Man cures himself of cancer by having sex up to 18 times a day Baton Rouge, LA | A 55-year-old man from Louisiana who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and told he had only three months to live claims he has miraculously cured himself from his cancer by having as much sex as he could before he died. So, who are these people? ABOUT US: World News Daily Report is an American Jewish Zionist newspaper based in Tel Aviv and dedicated on covering biblical archeology news and other mysteries around the Globe. Our News Team is composed of award winning christian, muslim and jewish journalists, retired Mossad agents and veterans of the Israeli Armed Forces. We are based in Tel Aviv since 1988 where are published more then 200,000 copies of our Daily Report paper edition everyday. http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/about-us/" rel="nofollow - http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/about-us/ Well, that explains a lot; they are all Jewish archaeologists . . . ------------- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591 USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base |
Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 3:28pm
Yup. PDC (Practice Depth Charge). Although I think I might have heard them also called TDC's (Training Depth Charges?). Rings a bell . . . just like my ears were ringing after one went off on our starboard side while I was in the After Battery. Another one of them blew about a 6 - 8 inch hole in the teak wood of the deck forward of the sail. Although I was in the deck gang I didn't have to repair it because somebody from either the Nereus or the Sperry, can't remember which, came down and replaced the wood. I did have the pleasure of painting it later, however. Oh, yeah, I forgot; this happened on the Queenfish SS-393 in early 1962 out of San Diego during a "try-to-sink-the-sub" op with some destroyers. ------------- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591 USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base |
Posted By: Gil
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 4:25pm
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We had exercises with these practice depth charges off Pearl in the late 60'd. We were told I believe to stay above or below 100 feet and they dropped some above or below our depth and I'm thinking 1000 yards away from us. I was in the after battery and we could hear them go off. We could hear them when they exploded, and one went off as our reading light went out. I couldn't believe something so far away and so small could cause any kind of impact on us. I might have some of the details screwed up, as maybe 5lbs of TNT isn't that small, but that's what someone told us - maybe they meant the whole device was 5lbs? I gained a lot of respect for anyone that went through an actual depth charge attack, |
Posted By: SaltiDawg
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2016 at 5:07pm
"But, this one proves the bogus-icity of this site beyond all doubt ... I'm just saying . . . Man cures himself of cancer by having sex up to 18 times a day" Take it from me first hand, this does not work! |
Posted By: Runner485
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2016 at 6:57am
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PDC's were used with regularity when we operated with Task Group Alpha in the early '60's. They use to come fairly close to us, that they would scare the shyte out of you if you were sleeping...
------------- DBF Joe SS485,CVA42 Holland Club Mid-Atlantic Base |
Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2016 at 12:20pm
Now, that's a bony fidy fact, Jack. BTDT! ------------- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591 USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base |
Posted By: Palm Bay Ken
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2016 at 5:13am
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Had fun in SKATE (SSN-578) in December of '60 off Key West. As a prep for the SubSafe program, we would steam submerged at ever decreasing ranges past moored 500 LB. HBX charges. Resulted in a few scrams, and probably more than a few soiled skivvies. ------------- Ken Wiltshire K4HBE SS-206/SS-523/S1C/SSN-578/Ole Miss(NESEP)/DLG-14/SS-563/SS-567/SSN-584/CSS6/NavSafCen/ York County Public Schools/Virginia Beach City Public Schools/Retired |
Posted By: Sewer Pipe Snipe
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2016 at 6:43am
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Wasn't depth charge testing what supposedly weakened Thresher? ------------- Walt, Had I done everything right throughout my life, the World wouldn't have noticed. |
Posted By: SaltiDawg
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2016 at 8:37am
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On board Pargo in the 1960s in the Arctic Ocean. Shot a 1 /4 Ounce Tetryl Charge out of the After Signal Gun. Went off close aboard, prematurely, and it felt like Poseidon had hit us with a massive hammer. Our SINS completely lost it and headed toward Mecca. |
Posted By: Palm Bay Ken
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2016 at 9:16pm
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I'm not sure. We (Skate) were the first to do the testing as far as I know. My best recollation 60 years later is that we scramed almost every day, and since I was a forward puke, I spent the evening at the Mardi Gras at the end of of Duval Street getting prepped for the next day's run. ------------- Ken Wiltshire K4HBE SS-206/SS-523/S1C/SSN-578/Ole Miss(NESEP)/DLG-14/SS-563/SS-567/SSN-584/CSS6/NavSafCen/ York County Public Schools/Virginia Beach City Public Schools/Retired |
Posted By: SaltiDawg
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2016 at 6:47am
I don't know that tht was the conclusion reached, however I do recall seeing either photos or videos of massive pieces of Thresher Equipments being moved around in a dramatic manner. Seems I remember San Juan being involved. Wasn't that where 593 needed a "jump start" from a Diesel Boat alongside the pier following a reactor scram followed by delaying the recovery too long. |
Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2016 at 1:47pm
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I was still in nuke school during the Cuban Missile Crisis but I knew a guy who was in the crew of the Sea Wolf, SSN-575 then. He told me about it in 1963 so it was still fresh in his mind at that time. Apparently the Sea Wolf participated in the US blockade of Cuba and, consequently, was depth-charged by the Cubans (Soviet's?). The way he described being depth charged sounded to me like a very hairy (& scary) situation. Further, since they had a sodium cooled reactor on the Sea Wolf, a leak would put them at tremendous risk. I have seen what pure sodium does in water during a science class and a boat-load (literally) of that stuff coming into contact with sea water would have been utterly catastrophic. ------------- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591 USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base |