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Topic: Submarine gravesite looted

Posted By: oldsubs
Subject: Submarine gravesite looted
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2016 at 10:43am

I believe the submarine mentioned in this article is the USS Perch (SS-176).
Kinda like taking a bulldozer to the church graveyard to put in a parking lot.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37997640" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37997640

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Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2016 at 1:01pm

Looks like it would have been a difficult task to accomplish. So, who would have had the resources to remove those 3 wrecks? My first guess would be China.

Illegal salvaging of the wrecks for steel, aluminium and brass has become commonplace.

But the three missing wrecks were located 100km (60 miles) off the coast of Indonesia, at a depth of 70m. Salvage operators say it would not be easy to lift them.

"It is almost impossible to salvage this," Paul Koole of the salvage film Mammoet told the Algemeen Dagblad. "It is far too deep."

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Posted By: Sewer Pipe Snipe
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2016 at 4:29am

Wonder if someone finally perfected the grapple and pull, or the super magnet?

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