Should have welded the sea cocks shut.. you are correct. but the reporter says “ hatches”.. obviously the reporter knows little about subs. otoh. the placks , yes a loss, the sub. not so much. never saw combat. There was no real reason to flood the sub.. the low lifes who did this really are scum. total scum. some kimd of mental defects or just plain evil.
Wasn’t this sub/museum in the news a year ago or more? Seems like they were trying restore it after it had pretty much been left neglected for too long? Maybe wanted to move it to another locale but it was pretty much land locked where it was. I don’t recall specifics. The vandalism is abhorrent.
Typical feral losers...typical .