Nazi U Boat In Lake Ontario

[Bob DBF]

It's not - apparently it is a Russian nuclear sub that sank in Murmansk

Radiological survey of sunken K-159 finally puts to sea after mechanical delays - Bellona.org

Links to an article about the Russian sub.

Beat me to it. I would have had to do some internet sleuthing, but I already knew it was a Russian Sail and hull, rather than German.


Bob
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DBF

 

[Jared0425]

That is a soviet foxtrot class sub being towed to scrap in Murmansk. How could a U-boat get up the St. Lawrence through the locks and not be detected? There is a real bonafied U-boat in Lake Michigan. UC-97 was scuttled after the First World War as a war prize.

 

[rhwestfall]

 

[KathyV]

...There is a real bonafied U-boat in Lake Michigan. UC-97 was scuttled after the First World War as a war prize.

There is a genuine WW2 U-Boat right next to Lake Michigan, too. The captured U-505 was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry after the war ended. It was towed through the Great Lakes and transported across Lake Shore Drive. It sat on the lawn next to the museum for most of my life until several years ago when it was moved into a new roofed, enclosed structure to better preserve it. I always thought that it was so cool to drive down LSD and see a great, big submarine sitting right there before my eyes!

It's a great museum experience to tour the U-505. It is really hard to imagine all those men living in such a small, crowded space. John Chatterton toured the boat several times when he was trying to solve the mystery of the lost sub as described in Shadow Divers.

Here's an interesting piece of information. The boat had been striped and was in bad shape when the museum received it. The Navy had planned to use it for target practice until interested individuals intervened because of its historical importance. It was the first vessel captured at sea by the American Navy since the War of 1812 and they wanted to preserve it.

The Museum appealed to the German manufacturers that had made the parts and assembled the boat asking for replacement parts and amazingly they all donated the materials at no charge. They said that they wanted the boat to stand as a testament to German ingenuity and craftsmanship.

 

[The Chairman]

You've been click baited by a master!

 

[NorthernPike]

Who you calling a master baiter? :lolabove:
Great story for April 1st, don't you think?
Dive safely friends!

 

[Littlerayray]

there are several problems with their story the first the sub would have been spotted at some point as WWII subs mainly traveled on the surface they would have been spotted secondly the u boat would have had to navigate canals and locks just trying to get to lake Ontario this being said they would have been spotted or hit by shipping vessels as the locks and canals would not have provided enough clearance for a submerged sub as well
sorry guys didnt have me fooled for a second

 

[KathyV]

there are several problems with their story the first the sub would have been spotted at some point as WWII subs mainly traveled on the surface they would have been spotted secondly the u boat would have had to navigate canals and locks just trying to get to lake Ontario this being said they would have been spotted or hit by shipping vessels as the locks and canals would not have provided enough clearance for a submerged sub as well sorry guys didnt have me fooled for a second

I don't know much about navigation and submarine design, but the thing that made me suspicious was that it just looked too cold for April in Lake Ontario!

 

[Littlerayray]

That too I didn't look at the pics until you mentioned it

 

[mikeycanuk]

It is going to snow here tomorrow.. So much for global warming....