New USS Scorpion book sighted - Page 2

Frame57 · 06-28-08, 11:08 AM

Before these books came out I can at least tell you that the "buzz" over the Scorpion In COMSUBDEVRON 12 was in fact that the Soviets were to blame. But then again we blamed everything on them, so who knows. I am sure that if the Kursk did not sink in such shallow water that because the Miami was relatively close, that the US would have been high on the list of suspicion.

XabbaRus · 06-29-08, 10:14 AM

Well just like with Scorpion there are enough Russians who think the US sunk the Kursk......

Oh and some stupid French documentary maker...

Subnuts · 07-01-08, 08:40 PM

Time to drag up the Scorpion again. I must be a masochist.

First of all, if the Soviets wanted to sink an American submarine for "revenge," why not sink one that was already snooping around inside one of their naval bases? It's be a whole lot easier to hide "the deed" that way, they'd know exactly where the wreck was, and they'd have a goldmine of intelligence material right in their laps. If you believe Ed Offley or Jerome Preisler, they were stupid enough to sink one in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in full "view" of underwater hydrophones, completely out of their reach, and when the Americans found the wreck, it'd be pretty obvious what really sank the boat. You'd also have to believe that the Russians were bloodthirsty warmongers who were willing to risk World War III to make a point to the US.

Thankfully, everything about the state of the Scorpion wreck suggests that some sort of catastrophe occurred, and the boat sank below crush depth with it's torpedo room flooded, with no evidence of any internal or external explosion anywhere to be found.

Unfortunately, I'm not receiving national media attention and a book deal for making this post.

06-29-08, 10:14 AM	#17
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Well just like with Scorpion there are enough Russians who think the US sunk the Kursk...... Oh and some stupid French documentary maker... __________________

07-01-08, 08:40 PM	#18
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Time to drag up the Scorpion again. I must be a masochist. First of all, if the Soviets wanted to sink an American submarine for "revenge," why not sink one that was already snooping around inside one of their naval bases? It's be a whole lot easier to hide "the deed" that way, they'd know exactly where the wreck was, and they'd have a goldmine of intelligence material right in their laps. If you believe Ed Offley or Jerome Preisler, they were stupid enough to sink one in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in full "view" of underwater hydrophones, completely out of their reach, and when the Americans found the wreck, it'd be pretty obvious what really sank the boat. You'd also have to believe that the Russians were bloodthirsty warmongers who were willing to risk World War III to make a point to the US. Thankfully, everything about the state of the Scorpion wreck suggests that some sort of catastrophe occurred, and the boat sank below crush depth with it's torpedo room flooded, with no evidence of any internal or external explosion anywhere to be found. Unfortunately, I'm not receiving national media attention and a book deal for making this post. __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

06-28-08, 11:08 AM	#16
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Before these books came out I can at least tell you that the "buzz" over the Scorpion In COMSUBDEVRON 12 was in fact that the Soviets were to blame. But then again we blamed everything on them, so who knows. I am sure that if the Kursk did not sink in such shallow water that because the Miami was relatively close, that the US would have been high on the list of suspicion.