allen_idaho
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Re: $3B WWII Shipwreck Located in Boston Harbor's Back Yard
This is a great example about credibility. The U-233 was a minelaying sub which was sunk after being rammed by the USS Thomas. The log books from the USS Thomas, USS Baker, and the official survivor interrogation report list the sinking location as 42.16.5 N. – 59.49 W.
That would be approximately 240 miles south east of Nova Scotia in the North Atlantic.
The only thing special about her was that she carried a new type of mine called a pressure differential mine. Something that would be great to have in a museum.
Michaud also claimed he had found evidence that a Nazi sub, U-233, had sunk in Casco Bay, Maine. That was never validated, either.
"It is not in Casco Bay," said Harry Cooper, president of Sharkhunters, a Florida website on U-boat history with 7,600 members, including former U-2 captains and crew. German and U.S. naval records show the sub sank 1,000 miles to the east of where Sub Sea claimed it was located, Cooper said. And there was no credence to Michaud's story of a sunken German sub off Chatham, either, he said.
Michaud replies to such criticism by saying, "I know what I do and the research I have."
This is a great example about credibility. The U-233 was a minelaying sub which was sunk after being rammed by the USS Thomas. The log books from the USS Thomas, USS Baker, and the official survivor interrogation report list the sinking location as 42.16.5 N. – 59.49 W.
That would be approximately 240 miles south east of Nova Scotia in the North Atlantic.
The only thing special about her was that she carried a new type of mine called a pressure differential mine. Something that would be great to have in a museum.