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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]S/V Loner
(8,992 posts)28. On another note...
I don't know how well I would do on a Tin Can LOL.
I have never been in the Navy but have worked with the submarine fleet for 20 years.
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I think that's very unlikely. The sub's sonar would have detected anything that large.
Martin68
Oct 2021
#26
Thus, unlikely to be an enemy vessel. Large marine life or semi-submerged flotsam might be more
Martin68
Oct 2021
#34
This had nothing to do with "demonstrating military prowess." What gave anyone that idea?
Martin68
Oct 2021
#35
What does that mean? Why would they want steel samples, please (or was it a joke?)
NullTuples
Oct 2021
#20
Sometimes a chunk of the other submarines steel would be embedded in our sub after a collision.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2021
#21
I got it. USO. Unidentified Submerged Object, it was aliens, I knew it!
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Oct 2021
#33