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  • Kazzer
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    • Aug 2008
    • 2850

    #1

    U Boat found! Lake Ontario

    David Thuman
    March 3 at 12:09am · Phoenix, AZ, United States ·
    Niagara Falls: Divers from the U.S coast guard took part this morning, in a delicate wreck recovery operation to bring to the surface a Nazisubmarine discovered two weeks ago at the bottom of Lake Ontario.
    The U-boat was spotted for the first time by amateur scuba divers in late January and they had contacted the authorities. Archaeologists associated with Niagara University of and master divers from the U.S Coast Guard were mobilized on site to determine what it was, and they soon realized that they were dealing with a German submarine that sank during World War II.
    A wreck recovery vessel of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society was mandated to refloat the ship and bring it back to Niagara Falls, where it must be restored before becoming a museum ship. The delicate recovery operation took nearly 30 hours to complete, but the submarine was finally brought down on the bank with relative ease.

    The submarine was identified as the UX-791, a unique experimental German submarine, based on the U-1200 model, and known to have participated in the “Battle of the St. Lawrence”. It was reported missing in 1943 and was believed to have been sunk near the Canadian coast.
    Professor Mark Carpenter, who leads the team of archaeologists, believes that the U-boat could have traveled up the St-Lawrence River, all the way to the Great Lakes, where it intended to disturb the American economy.
    A report from the dated from February 1943 suggests, that the ship could have attacked and destroyed three cargo ships and two fishing vessels, even damaging the USS Sable (IX-81), an aircraft carrier of the U.S. navy that was used for training in the Great Lakes, before finally being sunk by anti-sub grenades launched by a Canadian frigate.
    “We have known for a long time that the Nazis had sent some of their U-boats in the St-Lawrence River, but this is the first proof that they actually reached the Great Lakes,” Professor Carpenter told reporters. “This could explain the mysterious ship disappearances that took place in the region in 1943, and the reported “Battle of Niagara Falls” which had always been dismissed as a collective hallucination caused by fear.”
    The restoration of the submarine could take more than two years, but once completed, the museum ship is expected to become one of the major tourist attractions of the region.

    Stop messing about - just get a Sub-driver!
  • trout
    Admiral

    • Jul 2011
    • 3658

    #2
    I got caught by this one already. Mike this is a bogus story. The writer wrote such great stories of UFOs and how to get rid of cancer by having a lot of sex. If yo look at her bio on the original story it will all make sense.
    If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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    • Kazzer
      *********
      • Aug 2008
      • 2850

      #3
      Originally posted by trout
      I got caught by this one already. Mike this is a bogus story. The writer wrote such great stories of UFOs and how to get rid of cancer by having a lot of sex. If yo look at her bio on the original story it will all make sense.
      Yes, I caught that, but forgot to delete it. It's fun though and made a good read!
      Stop messing about - just get a Sub-driver!

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      • Von Hilde
        Rear Admiral
        • Oct 2011
        • 1245

        #4
        she wrote the "Santa ate the Easter Bunny' and the Lone Ranger forgot his Mask and tonight is the night that Mat Dillon gets linched. U1200 was a type VIIC one war patrol sank with all hands less tha a year from comission in Jan44 to Nov 44 The Sable was the USS Neversail at NTC Great Lakes never saw combat, Was a converted paddlewheeler steamer re fitted with a flight deck for training pilots and flightdeck crews. Omly incident in service in 1945 damaged by a crashed airplane on the flight deck. The UX791 was never comissioned and scrapped in the yard in 43 and dont even get me started on anti submarine granades or Frigates with any ASW capabilities WWII Sound phones or ASDIC but no sonar yet Only sub ever on the great lakes was U505 and we know where that went and why. I think the battle of Niagra Falls in 43 was when the two barrell salesmen got in a fist fight over who made the strongest barrells for going over in. However there was a U Boat UC 97 sank in Lake Michigan June 7 1921 of WWI variety that was discovered a few years ago 20 miles of of Highland Park Ill. Was sank for a war bonds event, no where near Niagra and not 1943. Dont know anything about a recovery or restoration. Sounds like the lady is blowing smoke out her after porthole quite heavily She may need that thang serviced soon. Roto-router makes houscalls Dial 1-800 WTFU wake the frog up
        Last edited by Von Hilde; 03-15-2016, 12:41 PM.

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