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pythos · 07-18-09, 08:18 PM

Looking very carefully at those pics it is very clear these are not the same sails. Look at the 86 pic. There is a chunk missing from the fore, top of the sail. But the most stand out thing is, in the 68 picture there is no sign of the sail. Where in the 86 pic the sail is very visible, and should have appeared in the 68 shot. Also, what happened to all of the periscope parts visible in the 68 shots. There is no sign of any debris of these parts in the 86.

I do get very leery when there are more photos of the Titanic, that is deeper than the Scorpion and what looks like a cover up. More detailed and clear pictures of that 100 year old wreck, than there are for an American submarine.

It is all well and good having the filtered reports, but it would be nice to know what happened. Something like this has not happened since the loss of this boat (thank god). If the problem was with the torpedo batteries why has there not been a repeat explosion, that hopefully would not take a boat down.

Also the pics of the stern, those dive planes are not in an exaggerated position. If they were blowing tanks trying to escape an uncontrollable dive, would they have a serious angle to them? And why did the sail rip off? Most U-boats and other WWII subs maintain their conning towers, and they just rot off over time. Why would a much more advanced sail rip off, yet maintain its dive planes.

Mid section photos are really what is needed. Not bow or Stearn, but the section that would most likely be get obliterated by a torpedo, or perhaps a critically failed reactor..

Also why has she not been recovered like the Kursk? I forgot what depth the Kursk was at. It may have been shallow.

Why are there no pictures that can form a mosaic of the Scorp's wreck, like National Geographic had of the Titanic when they first found her.

There is a very plausible computer simulation of the last moments from data, Very easy to find, You tube, uss thresher.

It shown the telescoping of the stern. Problem I have is, the telescoping shoved parts into the reactor compartment. Why did this not explode (I'm talking about the steam generator being exposed to the cold water, like a boiler. Or could this be what caused the hull to break in to and tear the sail off?

07-18-09, 08:18 PM	#26
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Looking very carefully at those pics it is very clear these are not the same sails. Look at the 86 pic. There is a chunk missing from the fore, top of the sail. But the most stand out thing is, in the 68 picture there is no sign of the sail. Where in the 86 pic the sail is very visible, and should have appeared in the 68 shot. Also, what happened to all of the periscope parts visible in the 68 shots. There is no sign of any debris of these parts in the 86. I do get very leery when there are more photos of the Titanic, that is deeper than the Scorpion and what looks like a cover up. More detailed and clear pictures of that 100 year old wreck, than there are for an American submarine. It is all well and good having the filtered reports, but it would be nice to know what happened. Something like this has not happened since the loss of this boat (thank god). If the problem was with the torpedo batteries why has there not been a repeat explosion, that hopefully would not take a boat down. Also the pics of the stern, those dive planes are not in an exaggerated position. If they were blowing tanks trying to escape an uncontrollable dive, would they have a serious angle to them? And why did the sail rip off? Most U-boats and other WWII subs maintain their conning towers, and they just rot off over time. Why would a much more advanced sail rip off, yet maintain its dive planes. Mid section photos are really what is needed. Not bow or Stearn, but the section that would most likely be get obliterated by a torpedo, or perhaps a critically failed reactor.. Also why has she not been recovered like the Kursk? I forgot what depth the Kursk was at. It may have been shallow. Why are there no pictures that can form a mosaic of the Scorp's wreck, like National Geographic had of the Titanic when they first found her. There is a very plausible computer simulation of the last moments from data, Very easy to find, You tube, uss thresher. It shown the telescoping of the stern. Problem I have is, the telescoping shoved parts into the reactor compartment. Why did this not explode (I'm talking about the steam generator being exposed to the cold water, like a boiler. Or could this be what caused the hull to break in to and tear the sail off? Last edited by pythos; 07-18-09 at 08:29 PM.