Japanese Midget Sub Found off Rabaul

Able Brown · 10-28-11, 03:54 PM

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Japanese World War II submarine wreck was found partially buried in the seabed of a Papua New Guinea harbor during a search for unexploded munitions, Australia's military said Friday.
Australian and New Zealand warships found it 180 feet (55 meters) underwater while working in the area to clear WWII-era explosives Thursday, a Defense Department statement said.
Simpson Harbor is in the town of Rabaul, which was a major Japanese military base on the northeast coast of the South Pacific nation.
The wreck is partially buried in sand but upright. Australian navy historians had concluded from underwater images that the wreck is Japanese, the statement said....

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http://news.yahoo.com/japanese-wwii-...094359650.html

soopaman2 · 10-28-11, 04:48 PM

So this means that America can acknowledge the threat these things posed to us? And the proximity of these things during the bombing of Pearl?

The brave men of the USS Ward has been minimized too long. (fired the first American shots of WW2, they say)

This was one of those unsaid things...

I-25 · 10-28-11, 05:06 PM

Im pretty sure this ain't a midget sub from the pictures

its probably a coastal RO boat or something

TarJak · 10-28-11, 05:10 PM

A day late and a dollar short: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=189068

10-28-11, 03:54 PM	#1
Able Brown Seaman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 32 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Japanese Midget Sub Found off Rabaul CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Japanese World War II submarine wreck was found partially buried in the seabed of a Papua New Guinea harbor during a search for unexploded munitions, Australia's military said Friday. Australian and New Zealand warships found it 180 feet (55 meters) underwater while working in the area to clear WWII-era explosives Thursday, a Defense Department statement said. Simpson Harbor is in the town of Rabaul, which was a major Japanese military base on the northeast coast of the South Pacific nation. The wreck is partially buried in sand but upright. Australian navy historians had concluded from underwater images that the wreck is Japanese, the statement said.... Complete Story and Images: http://news.yahoo.com/japanese-wwii-...094359650.html __________________ "A man's no sailor if he can't take a joke." -Richard Henry Dana Windows 7, Pentium 2.7 GHz Dual Core, 8GB RAM (so many problems are behind me!)

10-28-11, 04:48 PM	#2
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	So this means that America can acknowledge the threat these things posed to us? And the proximity of these things during the bombing of Pearl? The brave men of the USS Ward has been minimized too long. (fired the first American shots of WW2, they say) This was one of those unsaid things... __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

10-28-11, 05:06 PM	#3
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Im pretty sure this ain't a midget sub from the pictures its probably a coastal RO boat or something

10-28-11, 05:10 PM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	A day late and a dollar short: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=189068