Interesting news story on the 'Hunley'

SteamWake · 01-05-09, 11:29 AM

Yes its fox news... get over it.

Story on the investigation of the fate of the USS Hunley

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475811,00.html

AVGWarhawk · 01-05-09, 11:49 AM

I read this and it is interesting. I think they will never know the reason they did not return.

August · 01-05-09, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I read this and it is interesting. I think they will never know the reason they did not return.

Maybe not, but once restoration is complete they might be able to eliminate most of the possible scenarios...

Frame57 · 01-05-09, 12:04 PM

I would bet anoxia, but it does not explain why they sank if there was no flooding...?:hmm:

SteamWake · 01-05-09, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

I would bet anoxia, but it does not explain why they sank if there was no flooding...?:hmm:

This seems to be the concensous. They passed out and... eventually sank. You have to remember they were already mostly 'sunk' to begin with.

Article states that the men were at their stations and the valve to pump out water was closed no evidence of 'panic'.

AVGWarhawk · 01-05-09, 12:20 PM

Just a guess but how much room did these guys have to be anywhere but their stations? Panic or not, I suspect the only place they could stay was their stations.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,268 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I read this and it is interesting. I think they will never know the reason they did not return. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I would bet anoxia, but it does not explain why they sank if there was no flooding...?:hmm: __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

01-05-09, 12:20 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,268 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Just a guess but how much room did these guys have to be anywhere but their stations? Panic or not, I suspect the only place they could stay was their stations. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road