Who / What / Where Game Part 2 - Page 587

Aktungbby · 02-13-25, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

From civil war times?
Like the 'David'

nope, developed for WW II secret operations

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

pre-1900?

see above

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

A submersible?

YES!

...only two were ever built(out of a proposed five)...the need for their top secret use

was superceded by the other top secret 'big bang theory': Manhattan Project.

Ostfriese · 02-13-25, 12:26 PM

GIMIK semi submersible, exhibited at Battleship Cove?

Aktungbby · 02-13-25, 01:22 PM

bingo!

err alas over to Ostibby!

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In the late autumn of 1945, as far as anyone knew, American troops would land on the Japanese home islands, where hundreds of thousands of them would be butchered by Japanese troops who believed surrender to be worse than death.

It would have dwarfed the invasion of France, drowned the memory of Normandy Beach in blood.

Out near Catalina Island, in the waters off California, young George McCullough, a 19-year-old naval ensign out of Texas, was learning to sail a secret boat.

The boat, called a GIMIK, was meant to take an American pilot and two Koreans onto the shores of Japan, where the Koreans would be sent out as spies. The American pilot would take the boat back to the submarine from which it was launched. If he could.

Ostfriese · 02-14-25, 12:44 AM

Yay!

Here we go with the next one:

HINT: the picture only shows a model, but it's a model of something that really existed, so no Star Trek model this time

Eichhörnchen · 02-14-25, 10:51 AM

Does it utilise an electric current?

Jimbuna · 02-14-25, 11:08 AM

A ship?

Ostfriese · 02-14-25, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Does it utilise an electric current?

No, I don't think so.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A ship?

Yes.

Eichhörnchen · 02-14-25, 01:15 PM

Was this a famous, singular vessel or was it one of several?

Jimbuna · 02-14-25, 01:18 PM

Steam driven?

Ostfriese · 02-14-25, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Was this a famous, singular vessel or was it one of several?

Don't know if "famous" fits, but it was unique.

Ostfriese · 02-14-25, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Steam driven?

No.

Clarification: I said it was a ship, but the broader term "vessel" is probably more appropriate.

Jimbuna · 02-14-25, 01:32 PM

British?

Ostfriese · 02-14-25, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

British?

Afraid not.

Eichhörnchen · 02-14-25, 02:03 PM

Another submersible?

Jimbuna · 02-14-25, 02:13 PM

French?

02-14-25, 10:51 AM	#8795
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,495 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Does it utilise an electric current? __________________

02-14-25, 11:08 AM	#8796
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,320 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A ship? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-14-25, 01:15 PM	#8798
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,495 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Was this a famous, singular vessel or was it one of several? __________________

02-14-25, 01:18 PM	#8799
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,320 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Steam driven? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-14-25, 01:32 PM	#8802
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,320 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	British? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-13-25, 12:26 PM	#8792
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	GIMIK semi submersible, exhibited at Battleship Cove?

02-14-25, 12:44 AM	#8794
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yay! Here we go with the next one: HINT: the picture only shows a model, but it's a model of something that really existed, so no Star Trek model this time

02-14-25, 02:03 PM	#8804
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,495 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Another submersible? __________________

02-14-25, 02:13 PM	#8805
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,320 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	French? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!