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At random: "The Turkish skipper of ex-USS Tang, when asked about the difference between the German designed and built replacement boats for their retiring ex-US boats, is reported to have said, "American submarines are built for war, German submarines are built for export."

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fortyrod

Posted 2018-08-25 3:47 AM (#90030)

Great Sage of the Sea

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Subject: 8-25-26 history

08/25/76: The USS Pollack (SSN-603) snags the nets of Japanese fishing boats in the eastern channel of the the Tsushima Strait. Two boats cut away and abandon their nets. The Pollack suffers no major damage and there is no known damage to the fishing boats.

Arctic 08/26/49: The USS Cochino (SS-345) explodes and sinks in Arctic seas off Norway, drowning six Navy rescuers and a Cochino technician. On 21 September the Soviet publication Red Fleet alleges the Cochino was sunk off Murmansk while scouting outmilitary information.

http://ussnautilus.org/blog/uss-cochino-ss-345-and-uss-tusk-ss-426/

GaryKC

Posted 2018-08-25 5:27 AM (#90031 - in reply to #90030)