Text 19625, 51 rader
Skriven 2008-08-13 18:00:59 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 19621 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: A passing of signific
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14 Aug 08 00:08, Ward Dossche wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> BA> Another Japanese mini-sub was raised *inside* Pearl Harbor a
 RW>> long
 RW>> BA> time ago. It may be in a museum someplace.

 RW>> The only Pearl Harbor survivor is in Fredericksberg, Texas. I think
 RW>> the one raised in the harbor was scraped a few days after it was
 RW>> raised.

 WD> From memory ... 3 of 5 attacking mini-subs were recovered.

Yes.

 WD> One was beached on the windward side of Oahu and yielded the first
 WD> Japanese POW. This one is in Fredericksburg after it was on display
 WD> in Key West.

Yes.

 WD> One was recovered from the bay somewhere in the 60-ies, it's crew
 WD> buried and the sub itself returned to Japan where it was put on
 WD> display.

Yes.

 WD> One was sunk by the destroyer Monaghan, it was raised but in a very
 WD> bad shape and was used as landfill.

That one was the one that was scraped a few days or weeks after the attack
on PH.

 WD> This is now being regretted and since they know where it is stuck in
 WD> a Pearl Harbor construction it can still be retrieved.

 WD> One was sunk by the Ward.

 WD> The 5th one is unaccounted for. It may have fired its torpedoes
 WD> towards battleship row and then perished. Presumably it still sits on
 WD> the bottom of the Pearl Harbor if ever it got that far.

Doubtful, as it would have been discovered by now. PH is not very deep and
finding it could be done by anyone who's looking for it, or not.

                R\%/itt



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