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TarJak
05-21-07, 01:40 AM
RAN clearance divers have filled several jars with sand from the wreck site to be delivered to the families of the dead crew:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/divers-take-sand-from-midget-sub/2007/05/21/1179601304982.html

Chock
05-21-07, 10:42 AM
A midget submarine. I think it's commendable that the Japanese were politically correct enough in the early 1940s to consider many midget's feelings and make a tiny submarine especially for them.

Oh, wait a minute, that can't be right...

:D Chock

TarJak
05-21-07, 05:03 PM
Another report with a photo of the subs screw:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21770275-662,00.html