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Re: Did U-boats have running lights/ the R.P. Resor Mystery
Posted by: Mark McShane ()
Date: November 23, 2021 03:55PM

Sounds like fishermen doing what fishermen do at sea and at night. By the accounts from both you mention, there were fishermen in the vicinity and they are notorious for not putting on their correct lights or any lights unless they see something close by that may run over their gear. Differentiating an outline at sea and if there is the back scatter of lights from other vessels or that back scatter of shore lights can make watchkeeping difficult.
If anything it sound like the lookouts on Resor were seeing the same fisherman that the U-boat had to avoid.

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Did U-boats have running lights/ the R.P. Resor Mystery Painted_Ocean 11/22/2021 07:07PM
Re: Did U-boats have running lights/ the R.P. Resor Mystery Scott Sorenson 11/23/2021 02:05PM
Re: Did U-boats have running lights/ the R.P. Resor Mystery Mark McShane 11/23/2021 03:55PM


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