Divers take sand from Japanese Midget sub wreck off Sydney

TarJak · 05-21-07, 01:40 AM

RAN clearance divers have filled several jars with sand from the wreck site to be delivered to the families of the dead crew:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...601304982.html

Chock · 05-21-07, 10:42 AM

A midget submarine. I think it's commendable that the Japanese were politically correct enough in the early 1940s to consider many midget's feelings and make a tiny submarine especially for them.

Oh, wait a minute, that can't be right...

Chock

TarJak · 05-21-07, 05:03 PM

Another report with a photo of the subs screw:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...75-662,00.html

05-21-07, 01:40 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Divers take sand from Japanese Midget sub wreck off Sydney RAN clearance divers have filled several jars with sand from the wreck site to be delivered to the families of the dead crew: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...601304982.html

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Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A midget submarine. I think it's commendable that the Japanese were politically correct enough in the early 1940s to consider many midget's feelings and make a tiny submarine especially for them. Oh, wait a minute, that can't be right... Chock

05-21-07, 05:03 PM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Another report with a photo of the subs screw: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...75-662,00.html