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10-03-2008, 10:05 AM
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| Older Than Dirt   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| U.S. Navy Confirms Lost WWII Sub Found Off Aleutians PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The U.S. Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during World War II. Underwater video footage and pictures captured by an expedition hired by sons of the commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Mannert L. Abele, allowed the Navy to confirm the discovery, Rear Adm. Douglas McAneny said Thursday in a news release. McAneny said the Navy was very grateful to the Abele family. "We hope this announcement will help to give closure to the families of the 70 crewmen of Grunion," he said. The Grunion was last heard from July 30, 1942. The submarine reported heavy anti-submarine activity at the entrance to Kiska, and that it had 10 torpedoes remaining forward. On the same day, the Grunion was directed to return to Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base. The submarine was reported lost Aug. 16, 1942. Japanese anti-submarine attack data recorded no attack in the Aleutian area at the time of the Grunion's disappearance, so the submarine's fate remained an unsolved mystery for more than 60 years, the Navy said. Abele's son's, Bruce, Brad and John, began working on a plan to find the sub after finding information on the Internet in 2002 that helped pinpoint USS Grunion's possible location. In August 2006, a team of side scan sonar experts hired by the brothers located a target near Kiska almost a mile below the ocean's surface. A second expedition in August 2007 using a high definition camera on a remotely operated vehicle yielded video footage and high resolution photos of the wreckage. This from Fox News Charles
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10-03-2008, 10:14 AM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Unreal.... Another mass tomb revealed for the families closure....
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10-03-2008, 11:54 AM
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10-03-2008, 12:04 PM
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10-03-2008, 12:29 PM
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| Thanks for the info. It always pleases me when such things occur, when a 'missing' aircraft, ship etc. is finally located. And hats off to the sons for their unbending endeavours. |
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10-03-2008, 12:54 PM
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10-03-2008, 05:58 PM
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__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
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10-03-2008, 07:30 PM
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| Welcome home, guys. And to the sons who never gave up,
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10-04-2008, 11:58 AM
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10-04-2008, 12:20 PM
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10-04-2008, 03:52 PM
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