Thread: USS Scorpion
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Old 07-18-09, 05:25 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford View Post
If you'll take the time to read the paper that subnuts linked to, you'll see that all of the actual evidence easily refutes any theory regarding a Russian torpedo, a collision, or any sort of failure of a torpedo on the Scorpion.
Looking back at the time that I "died" as a result of a Jam Dive, I could easily see that being the case here. I've never been on a Skipjack class boat and the blueprint in the paper Subnuts linked was a good picture of the hull structure and layout. I knew about the maintence issues we had back then and all the other issues the sub force faced. So call me a switcher, but I'm resubscribing to a stern planes Jam Dive based on personal experience.
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