Great Sage of the Sea
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| Subject: 12-29 History
12-29-1943 USS Silversides (SS-236) sinks three Japanese ships and damages a fourth off Palau.
Atlantic 12/29/71: The USS Dace (SSN-607) inadvertently discharges 500 gallons of water
used as coolant for its nuclear reactor into the Thames River at New London, Connecticut,
during a routine water transfer between the submarine and the USS Fulton (AS-11).The Navy
says measurements in the area showed 'no increase in radioactivity of the environment' on the following
day and claims the coolant contains a 'very small amount of radioactivity. |
12-29 History
