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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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!)