Alaska Ping
Posted on 03/20/2018 1:02:10 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
I think he simply funds locating these, several so far. Don’t believe he desecrates them in any way.
My mother’s friend’s brother Tony Carriciola died on that ship. My father’s battered ship the USS CONKLIN DE439 was escorted back home by the Sullivan Squadron of 5 Destroyers that included the USS The Sullivans DE 537. Young people think WWII was a long time ago, but time telescopes down, and the effects are still all around you.
That resistance was overcome. By the End of the War, the Royal Navy’s Pacific fleet consisted of 6 fleet carriers, 4 light carriers, 9 escort carriers, 4 battleships, 11 cruisers and 35 destroyers. These ships came from the Royal Navy, Canadian Navy, Australian Navy, New Zealand Navy and the South African Navy. In addition about 100 other smaller combatants, and logistics support ships were in theater. These ships were integrated into Our Navy’s operations against the Japanese. As an aside, the French Navy was planning to send 2 fleet carriers to the Pacific when the war ended.
this is actually the first time im hearing of “Low - Background” metals. Am I to assume that digging 300 feet of earth down to iron ore and making new steel will have a contamination of radiation from 70 years ago?? I’m scratchin my head over this one...
I have my encyclopedias when I was little. Very in depth account of the Juneau’s final battle. It was so dark that a Japanese ship got so close that the guys started throwing potatoes at them.
btt...
The Sullivan’s boat found on St. Pattys day...
The Sullivan’s boat found on St. Pattys day...
A lot of these ships are in shallow water, 20-80 meters below sea level where it takes little effort to salvage the steel, copper, bronze, and other valuables. Much easier for a small crew to haul up uncontaminated steel plates from 40 meters than mining new ore.
Japanese WWII torpedoes are still viable weapons even by today’s standards.
Four men from my home town (Belmar NJ) were lost on the Juneau. The local VFW post, of which my Grandfather was very active in when I was a kid, is named in honor of the men and ship...Belmar-Wall Juneau Post #2620
My Grandfather was in the US Army, 11th Airborne and received a Purple Heart in 1944.
Huh... Atmospheric Air...
K thanks for the enlightenment!!
All these things were all financed by the same people, but you’re right. After I think it was 1942, US torpedoes got a lot better.
You might be thinking of Maureen O’Sullivan. Memorable in her own right of course, but wasn’t involved here.
Alaska Ping
“(almost typed “Japs” there)”
In a less politically correct world I bet you would have used that term. It’s historically correct for the era. And in my opinion, not derogatory. Terms such as “gooks” and other similar would be though.
A Survivor’s Tale of Fate and of a Modern Miracle
By Robert C Fay as Narrated by my heroic uncle Joseph P F Hartney
An extra ordinary account; movie material
My Uncle Joe and My Aunt Lucy
Interesting!
“Archeologists believe the criminals might be turning a profit because the hulls are one of the world’s few remaining deposits of “low-background” metals. Having been made before atomic bomb explosions in 1945 and subsequent nuclear tests, the steel is free of radiation. This makes even small quantities that have survived the saltwater extremely useful for finely calibrated instruments such as Geiger counters, space sensors and medical imaging.
“Some ancient ships, often centuries-old Roman vessels in European waters, have also been salvaged for their lead, which is also low-radiation and is used in nuclear power stations.”
Thank you USS Juneau. Well done Mr. Allen.
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