General Discussions
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII.
RE: You\'re welcome, and Thanks
Posted by:
T R York
()
Date: May 29, 2001 07:52PM
<HTML>Yuri;
I have just discovered this site, and am unaware of your previously expressed opinions. At some time I\'ll explore the older posts.
Yes, in the immediate aftermath, collision had to be considered as a possible cause. Sadly, I believe the command authorities were so completely unaware of Kursk\'s plight that there would then be a scramble to explain her disappearance. Hence no immediate efforts to use another sub or an ASW vessel to sonar map the area. It would appear that the entire Naval Exercise was ill conceived. 475 foot submarines have no business being in such shallow water.
I read some months ago another theory which is to the effect that another surface vessel involved in the exercise, such as a DD, was nearby. This ship was scheduled to simulate the firing of an antisubmarine torpedo, but actually fired one by mistake. Is there any substance to theis theory?
Oh, and thank you for the link to the collision story. I know these things happen, but they are also somewhat hard to conceal, I believe. Our greatest blunders, such as Greenville and the Iranian Jetliner shootdown, as well as KAL-007 for that matter, have not successfully covered up. The History Channel on American television has even had a series entitled \"History\'s Greatest Blunders\".</HTML>
I have just discovered this site, and am unaware of your previously expressed opinions. At some time I\'ll explore the older posts.
Yes, in the immediate aftermath, collision had to be considered as a possible cause. Sadly, I believe the command authorities were so completely unaware of Kursk\'s plight that there would then be a scramble to explain her disappearance. Hence no immediate efforts to use another sub or an ASW vessel to sonar map the area. It would appear that the entire Naval Exercise was ill conceived. 475 foot submarines have no business being in such shallow water.
I read some months ago another theory which is to the effect that another surface vessel involved in the exercise, such as a DD, was nearby. This ship was scheduled to simulate the firing of an antisubmarine torpedo, but actually fired one by mistake. Is there any substance to theis theory?
Oh, and thank you for the link to the collision story. I know these things happen, but they are also somewhat hard to conceal, I believe. Our greatest blunders, such as Greenville and the Iranian Jetliner shootdown, as well as KAL-007 for that matter, have not successfully covered up. The History Channel on American television has even had a series entitled \"History\'s Greatest Blunders\".</HTML>
