Subamrine UC97
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Ah, the deep dark still has her fingers wrapped tightly around this secret...
The wreckage of the UC-97 was located in 1992 by A&T Recovery, but it's location has not been made public. The hulk lays at a depth of approximately 250 feet. The Navy's records indicate that the location of it's sinking was 42 deg. 10' N, 87 deg. 20' W, which would place it about 20 miles east of Highland Park, IL. A&T Recovery side scanned over 140 square miles of Lake Michigan to find the submarine's location. Future plans for the UC-97 remain to be seen.
There's nobody in this world tighter with numbers than the guy who owned A&T - but he's got them if you can afford them. I don't know anyone that has them or that has even been out to the wreck and I know a LOT of folks that would jump on this dive tonight, if we knew how to get there. If you know them, PM them to me and I'll buy a boat ride for you and as many of your friends as we can fit!Thanks for the little bit of info. I have been looking at diving this hulk for some time. I did aquire numbers from 2 sources that were the same I will compare them to the numbers you have given me and we will see where it puts her.
My biggest drawback is that it is a long way from home to get a boat and swim around looking for what might be her.
Which brings me to a second question. Is there someone that has a boat that would be willing to go for an afternoon run to see if she was there?
My biggest drawback is that it is a long way from home to get a boat and swim around looking for what might be her.
Which brings me to a second question. Is there someone that has a boat that would be willing to go for an afternoon run to see if she was there?
There are a lot of people that have already tried based upon the Navy numbers and failed. The US Navy numbers are, apparently, not as accurate as one might desire - imagine. If you're paying cash, though, most of the Captains around here would be more than happy to indulge your search efforts. :11:
If you've got a week and sidescan gear, you could probably find it but it's a big lake and the water gets deep out there. If you're looking for a list of the local charter operators, search this board or the internet, there are a bunch of them if you include the fishing charters.
If you've got a week and sidescan gear, you could probably find it but it's a big lake and the water gets deep out there. If you're looking for a list of the local charter operators, search this board or the internet, there are a bunch of them if you include the fishing charters.
An exert from some stuff I found a long time ago
"However, the question was for the UC-97 from WWI which lies on the bottom of our Great Lake, Michigan.
See there was another U-97 in World War One that boat was launched from its shipyard on 4 Apr, 1917 and
commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 16 May, 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with
the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918.
Thus the US Navy sinking the boat in the vicinity of LAT 42"10' LON 087"20' as reported by Mr. Kohl.
Now there has been some debate over the accuracy of these coordinates, as well as some controversy over their
publication by A&T Recovery. Even our beloved Gary Gentile has something to say on this topic in an
upcoming book on German U-Boats"
"However, the question was for the UC-97 from WWI which lies on the bottom of our Great Lake, Michigan.
See there was another U-97 in World War One that boat was launched from its shipyard on 4 Apr, 1917 and
commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 16 May, 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with
the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918.
Thus the US Navy sinking the boat in the vicinity of LAT 42"10' LON 087"20' as reported by Mr. Kohl.
Now there has been some debate over the accuracy of these coordinates, as well as some controversy over their
publication by A&T Recovery. Even our beloved Gary Gentile has something to say on this topic in an
upcoming book on German U-Boats"
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