near miss at periscope depth

[lesrae]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Upholder class?

No - they don't have that swept aft end to the fin, as jimbuna's photo shows.

Are we sure this isn't a photoshop? The guys on the boat look a bit too calm to me. If the photos are meant to be in sequence, why would the sub raise (what looks like) it's snort exhaust before surfacing after a near miss like that?

[Oberon]

I gotta admit, those guys on the stern of the fishing boat look a little too calm for periscopes passing by that close, and I don't think the third picture is a part of the sequence, if indeed there is one because I could have sworn I've seen that picture before and it was a Walrus snorting.

[mcf1]

Maybe that guy was playing to much SH and he got used to that

[FIREWALL]

Columbian drug sub picking up or delivering a load of coke ?:p

[FIREWALL]

Caption of two fisherman : Pesky Colombo subs are everywhere now damnit

[UnderseaLcpl]

I once saw something similar where a Russian submarine surfaced underneath an old man and a boy in a boat (or maybe they were ice fishing, it's been a long time) and they shared Nestle Crunch bars.

Incredible stuff.

[August]

I think they're faked. If you look closely at the first photo the black cable (boom stay?) passes in front of most of the periscopes but is partially obscured by the camouflaged one.

Well there was that one accident where the US sub rammed the Japanese ship, created a lot of bad blood I remember.

[geetrue]

That's one crazy photo for sure ...

Reminds me of a sea story ... we were in the South China sea one time at about 64' snorkeling on the USS Salmon SS-573 when we heard a big bang, secure from snorkeling, take a look around with number one scope, suface, surface ...

The bow was covered with a near-by fishing boats fishing nets, not a big modern fishing boat, but an old tired Chinese type. We cut it off and sent a diver down to make sure no damage to the underside.

While waiting for clearence to dive again the fishing boat hails us and demands money for their nets. The chief of the boat takes up a collection from the crew and gives the poor fisherman the money.

"Okey dokey you guys can go now" The fishing boat pushes off.

He was happy and we slide back under the waves.

Year 1963 ...


P.S. notice the third picture from the top and how the boat is going the other direction, plus the background clouds are all different ... placement of the mast is different in two pictures too.

[ASWnut101]

Originally Posted by August

I think they're faked. If you look closely at the first photo the black cable (boom stay?) passes in front of most of the periscopes but is partially obscured by the camouflaged one.

That's...kinda the point of camoflage. To make things "disappear."


And about the whole "not detecting it on sonar," well, a boat with it's engine(s) off dosen't make much noise... If you look closely, there is not the slightest sign of a stern wake from the boat, and it's not that uncommon for a skipper to shut down the engines when stopped for a bit. In fact, it's been done on every fishing boat I've been on.

Just my opinion.

[Safe-Keeper]

One of the things I love (can't stand) about the internet is how people have become so paranoid about looking gauche, unsavvy or unwordly that they immediately label even the most triflingly unusual photographs/videos as "fake".

On the contrary, I feel people should be about ten times more skeptical and that it's crazy what they actually fall for. See, for example, the "whale landing on kayak" vid on YouTube. Idiot spammers post it with their own login, 10 000 other idiots post "OMG!" posts, some skeptic comes along and points out it's "fake" (read: taken from a commercial, not that they would know), and another idiot goes "oh, ****, found out, guess I'd better repost it somewhere else, then!".

Look at all the silly irrationality people fall for from GW deniers, psychics, fundies, alternative medicine, homeopaths, etc. Have a run through Snopes and check out what people actually believe.

A "Philosophy 101" course should be mandatory for all High School students.

It goes without saying that those pictures are obviously real, and anyone who can't tell that at first sight needs to ease up with the Photoshop paranoia.

You say they're "obviously real", and post as evidence a site that simply reproduces them and offers no evidence?