What sank the USS Scorpion?

08-20-06, 08:47 PM

The communist Russian's sank it I thought. Or that was the strongest theory. The Scorpion was playing cat and mouse games with a Soviet sub and somehow they collided or torps were fired. US thinks that Russia may have also lost a sub in the incident but no proof has ever surfaced. Shame that even today the families of those lost on the sub have yet to get a definant answer as to the exact cause. Perhaps America did something wrong and provoked the Russians and this would have and still would be bad for America if it got out into widespread media? Of course hard-nosed American's would never admit fault for anything.

View Poll Results: What caused the loss of the Scorpion?
Internal torpedo explosion	1	4.17%
Battery fire and explosion	3	12.50%
Catastrophic failure of propeller shaft	1	4.17%
Circle-running torpedo	3	12.50%
The Russians	3	12.50%
Alien Space Bats	7	29.17%
Failure of the Trash Disposal Unit	1	4.17%
A combination of some of the above	3	12.50%
Something else (explain)	2	8.33%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

08-20-06, 08:47 PM	#2
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The communist Russian's sank it I thought. Or that was the strongest theory. The Scorpion was playing cat and mouse games with a Soviet sub and somehow they collided or torps were fired. US thinks that Russia may have also lost a sub in the incident but no proof has ever surfaced. Shame that even today the families of those lost on the sub have yet to get a definant answer as to the exact cause. Perhaps America did something wrong and provoked the Russians and this would have and still would be bad for America if it got out into widespread media? Of course hard-nosed American's would never admit fault for anything.