Pearl Harbor Day
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Oxylebius
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I watched a live dive on two Japanese mini submarines earlier this week. The first sub was sunk by the USS Ward prior to the attack. This was the first time the public was able to view live underwater exploration of the submarines in real time. The video of the dive is below. It is interesting.
The sunken submarine sits at the bottom of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, filled with silt and pierced by a 4-inch American round. Two Japanese sailors are still inside. The public has never seen it.
Until now, only a handful of explorers and scientists have seen these relics of the war in the deep sea, but thanks to technology, anyone and everyone can now explore the submarines that represent the beginning of the war in the Pacific, through the video.
NOAA explains that, on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, U.S. naval vessels and aircraft on patrol outside Pearl Harbor saw a partially submerged submarine attempting to enter the harbor, but alerts were not immediately sent out. Some 90 minutes before Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japanese aircraft the USS Ward fired on the mini sub and sank it, marking the first U.S. shots fired in World War II.
The second submarine disappeared on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, but was discovered in shallow waters in 1951 and raised by the U.S. Navy. The sub was then taken out to sea and dumped in deeper water, before its rediscovery by the University of Hawai’i’s Undersea Research Laboratory in 1992. The last time the wreck was visited by the university’s submersibles was in 2013.
It is an interesting bit of history.
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/nov16/noaa-to-dive-on-japanese-mini-subs-near-pearl-harbor.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...atch-live-dive-sunken-japanese-subs/95079660/
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016...-to-japanese-mini-subs-near-pearl-harbor.html
The sunken submarine sits at the bottom of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, filled with silt and pierced by a 4-inch American round. Two Japanese sailors are still inside. The public has never seen it.
Until now, only a handful of explorers and scientists have seen these relics of the war in the deep sea, but thanks to technology, anyone and everyone can now explore the submarines that represent the beginning of the war in the Pacific, through the video.
NOAA explains that, on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, U.S. naval vessels and aircraft on patrol outside Pearl Harbor saw a partially submerged submarine attempting to enter the harbor, but alerts were not immediately sent out. Some 90 minutes before Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japanese aircraft the USS Ward fired on the mini sub and sank it, marking the first U.S. shots fired in World War II.
The second submarine disappeared on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, but was discovered in shallow waters in 1951 and raised by the U.S. Navy. The sub was then taken out to sea and dumped in deeper water, before its rediscovery by the University of Hawai’i’s Undersea Research Laboratory in 1992. The last time the wreck was visited by the university’s submersibles was in 2013.
It is an interesting bit of history.
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/nov16/noaa-to-dive-on-japanese-mini-subs-near-pearl-harbor.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...atch-live-dive-sunken-japanese-subs/95079660/
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016...-to-japanese-mini-subs-near-pearl-harbor.html
cracker
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I visited Hank today, He looked fragile at 90 something years old. His body is wearing but his mind is clear.
I Asked him where he was and what did he do on Pearl Day . He told me he was on the family farm in Kentucky.The next day ,he and his younger brother lined up at the county court house to enlist. There was a long line. He was was just old enough, his brother had to wait a year. He joined the Navy CB's and went thru months of training as a machinist. Later he was in a bar in Maine and he ran into a guy who had interesting insignia on his uniform. They were Dolphins. By the end of the night the 2 were friends. I wonder how many drinks. He decided he wanted to be a submariner.
Lieutenant Commander retired. Otis Morgan
I Asked him where he was and what did he do on Pearl Day . He told me he was on the family farm in Kentucky.The next day ,he and his younger brother lined up at the county court house to enlist. There was a long line. He was was just old enough, his brother had to wait a year. He joined the Navy CB's and went thru months of training as a machinist. Later he was in a bar in Maine and he ran into a guy who had interesting insignia on his uniform. They were Dolphins. By the end of the night the 2 were friends. I wonder how many drinks. He decided he wanted to be a submariner.
Lieutenant Commander retired. Otis Morgan
Pat24601
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Very true.