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Old 02-02-10, 11:46 PM   #1
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Default USS Flier located, sunk in 1944.

The US Navy has confirmed that a sunken submarine located in Balabac Strait is the USS Flier, which sank in 1944.

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar...in+1944++found
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Old 02-03-10, 12:34 PM   #2
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http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08250.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Flier_%28SS-250%29
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Old 02-03-10, 05:47 PM   #3
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wow she sank within 30 seconds , from a mine
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Old 02-03-10, 07:40 PM   #4
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yep, mines were deadly, esp to thin skinned subs.I wish someone would put surface mines in certain areas, so it would be a threat to player and make them powerful as they were, one hit, your going down.
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