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Originally Posted by August
That was my first thought as well but I figure that while details of the accident were covered up publically for expediency purposes that doesn't mean they'd ignore potential evidence of enemy action as a cause.
Now *IF* the salvagers recognized it as an IJN sub and not some oddly shaped piece of pipe I would seriously doubt that it wouldn't have been mentioned somewhere in the official reports.
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My understanding is the LST accident was hushed to help prevent knowledge of an invasion force build up spreading. As far as the salvagers go, I don't have any problem with the get it done types just getting it done and moving on. The mystery came later.